New Acronym

[Lilac]

No: HPFGUIDX 45042


Okay, everyone...

I'm nervously putting forth a new acronym.  I looked all over Inish Alley for a theory like this, but I couldn't find anything about the valentine (If someone else knows of one, please let me know). I ran it by Nicole, my acronym beta reader :), and she gave me her thumbs up, so here goes...

Okay, I've always thought that the valentine that Ginny supposedly "sends" to Harry in COS sounded a little fishy.  And then I found fan-fic while waiting for book 5 and have read in numerous fics (I don't even remember which ones, too many to research at the moment, but suffice it to say that it is not my original idea) that say that Fred and George sent the valentine, and that made a whole lot of sense to me. 

Here is canon:

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"Right," [the dwarf] said, sitting on Harry's ankles.  "Here is your singing valentine:

His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad.

His hair is as dark as a blackboard.

I wish he was mine, he's really divine, 

The hero who conquered the Dark Lord."

Harry would have given all the gold in Gringotts to evaporate on the spot.  Trying valiantly to laugh along with everyone else, he got up, his feet numb from the weight of the dwarf, as Percy Weasley did his best to disperse the crowd, some of whom were crying with mirth.

"Off you go, off you go, the bell rang five minutes ago, off to class, now," he said, shooing some of the younger students away.  " *And* you, Malfoy -- "

Harry, glancing over, saw Malfoy stoop and snatch up something.  Leering, he showed it to Crabbe and Goyle, and Harry realized that he'd got Riddle's diary.

"Give that back," said Harry quietly.

"Wonder what Potter's written in this?" said Malfoy, who obviously hadn't noticed the year on the cover and thought he had Harry's own diary.  A hush fell over the onlookers.  Ginny was staring from the diary to Harry, looking terrified.

"Hand it over, Malfoy," said Percy sternly.

"When I've had a look," said Malfoy, waving the diary tauntingly at Harry.

Percy said, "As a school prefect -- " but Harry had lost his temper. 

<snip part about disarming Malfoy and getting diary back and Percy taking points away from Gryffindor because of magic in halls>

Malfoy was looking furious, and as Ginny passed him to enter her classroom, he yelled spitefully after her, "I don't think Potter liked your valentine much!"

Ginny covered her face with her hands and ran into class.

(CoS pg 238-239)

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For one thing, there is no proof that Ginny wrote the valentine.  We assume this by what Malfoy says, but I will argue that Ginny's reaction to Malfoy was that she was embarrassed that he thought she sent it, and how he said it in front of Harry pretty much humiliated her.

The other thing that makes me suspect the twins is the wording of the poem.  Not romantic. At all.  Rather funny, actually, causing some students to cry because they were laughing so hard.  Maybe they were laughing at the situation more than the poem, but I still think this is not a poem a girl with a crush would write.  

Now, I *can* see Fred and George writting this...

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"Okay, how should we start the valentine?" said George.

"Well, what does Ginny like about him?" said Fred.

"His green eyes.  Oh, yes..I've got it...'His eyes are as green as a..a...' "

"...Fresh pickled toad!"  Fred finished for him

 "That's perfect!" said George, writing it down.  "Which contrasts so nicely with his black hair and pale skin."

"Black hair, black hair..." Fred repeated, trying to think up the next line.

"Hey, how's this...black board, rhymes with dark lord!  His hair is as black as a blackboard and something something dark lord!"  George said excitedly.

"Black as a blackboard is good, but a little redundant...how about 'His hair is as dark as a blackboard'." 

"Good point, Fred.  Okay, first two lines done, two more to go...Oh, this is going to be classic!  Hope we're there to see it..."

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On page 240, Harry escapes the common room that night partly because Fred and George keep singing "His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad" over and over again. They weren't there to hear the valentine in the hallway, but they know it enough to sing it over and over again.  Granted, someone could have shared the info with them, but I think this is their way of reveling in their joke, especially since they weren't there to see the actual delivery.      

Okay, so now Harry thinks, because of what Malfoy said and his knowledge of Ginny's crush, that Ginny sent that awful valentine.  So, Ginny's chances of having a future date with Harry is now slim at best.  So, I submit to you...

FAT CHANCE AT BALL

 Fred and Twin Concoct Harry’s Abhorrent Note,
 Causing Everyone’s Attention Towards Blusher As
 Loving Longingly. 


~Lilac (who wears her BUTTERFLIES badge all the time, but on this situation, also wears a PRATTLESNAKES one right next to it)



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