My "one" most rock solid OoP prediction

[talisman22457]

No: HPFGUIDX 60434

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:***
> JKR tries to suit the name to the character - agreed? Well, to my 
mind the name Weasley is too close to "weasely". Someone in the 
family is going to become another Pettigrew character - and my money 
is on Percy - ambitious bureaucrat who will obey any order from a 
superior and would never cut any slack for anyone. ***

Talisman responds:

  Obviously J.K. uses metaphorical names for her characters, 
but "problematic Percy" (though he undoubtedly is problematic) is 
not the raison d'etre for the Weasley name.  After all the name 
applies equally to all members of the family, most of whom are 
unquestionably loyal members of the OoP. 

  Perhaps a more satisfying explanation for the Weasley name, which 
clearly invokes the weasel, is found in _The Oak King, The Holly 
King, and The Unicorn: The Myths and Symbolism of the Unicorn 
Tapestries_, by John Williamson.
  
  In this book, Williamson explains the medieval symbolism 
embroidered into the six-paneled Unicorn Tapestries, which are all 
about life/death, good/evil, sacrifice/redemption.  

  Unsurprisingly, the serpent is a symbol of evil.(98)  Perhaps less 
well known, (Williamson explains) is that the weasel-and the stag!-
are included "to represent enemies of the serpent and to suggest the 
eventual redemption of mankind." (99) He quotes the 16th century 
naturalist, Conrad Gesner, as saying of weasels: "They live in 
hatred with the serpent . . . for by eating rue they drive them out 
of the houses wherein they inhabit." (105)

  Think of Arthur Weasley ransacking the Malfoy's secret room of 
dark artifacts (or at least initiating such a raid). (CoS 51)        

  Recall how Molly Weasley is the first person to whom Dumbledore 
turns after "the parting of the ways" with Fudge, saying, ". . . am 
I right in thinking that I can count on you and Arthur?" (GoF 711)

 Think mongoose, and then return to Scotland.  The Weasleys are the 
natural enemy of the Slytherins/Death Eaters

  No question that Percy will be a stinker in the coming battles.  
There will be lessons aplenty for everyone to learn--including Molly 
Weasley--who may just find that the naughty twins are heroic and 
that fair-haired Percy is, well let's just say "a great 
disappointment."  I think most people expect puffed-up Percy will go 
down in flames--but will probably live to eat crow.

  Percy's first name may be more apt in describing his individual 
character.  Like the "pursed" lips of the lemon-sucking rulekeeper 
he is.  Or perhaps you can find another literary or historical 
scallywag named Percy.  Bon Chance.

Lurking, and counting on the rejuvenating effects of Book 5, 

Talisman