FF: RE: [HPforGrownups] Re: What Other Talents Seers Have?/Seeing in Chess

[heiditandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 49478


> > > Laurasia wrote:
> > 
> > ssyc> On a slightly different tangent but still in support
> > ssyc> of the 'Ron is a Seer' theory, I've thought that (in 
> addition to 
> > ssyc> the dodgy predictions that Ron makes) the fact that he is 
> > ssyc> exceptionally good at chess may be an indication of 
> his Seeing 
> > ssyc> abilities.


Alexander Lomski wrote 
> >   Personally, I have always had an impression, that his talent in 
> > chess was an indication of his *analytical* abilities.

 sevenhundredandthirteen wrote
> Maybe. But in that case surely Hermione would be excellent at chess, 
> which, we know, she isn't (or at least, Ron always beats her. 
> Suggesting he's go something she hasn't) Maybe it's more indicative 
> of his abilities to do with strategic thinking. However, strategy is 
> always enhanced if you can anticipate how your enemies will respond 
> and have a prepared rebuttal.
> 

I am in the Ron Is A Seer camp, in part because of the
Trelawney-class-predictions, but also because of the chess games. I
actually suspected that it would be revealed by now, when I read PS/SS,
because one of the fundamentals of being excellent at chess is the
ability to see many moves beyond what is currently on the table - of
course, there are many muggles - even 11 year olds! - who are just that
good, but in the HP context, it seems that an additional explanation
might be useful. 

In Cassandra Claire's Draco Series (Book 3, Draco Veritas) Ron's seer
issues are brought out in a chess-related situation
(http://www.schnoogle.com/authorLinks/Cassandra_Claire/) - I don't want
to spoil it for the few who haven't read it yet - or the number of
people who just might not be that far into the story yet, but in Chapter
Nine, there's a description of how overplaying chess might cause Ron's
Seer-sense to go into overdrive. 

In the context of Harry, he seems to have some precognition when it
comes to the Snitch, and obviously, his "final exam" in Trelawney's
class in PoA came true, but it's entirely possible that if both of them
have Seer powers, they manifest in different ways. In other words,
Harry's sight might be more personal - things that he (or Voldemort) are
actually involved in - whereas Ron's might also be abstract, like the
movement of pieces on a chess board - and possibly more theoretical in
his descriptions of what he sees.

Heidi