Ron's big moment? (WAS: Why Ron Loves Hermione)

[jksunflower2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 81355



Ravenclaw Bookworm said:
> ><Snipped. Bigtime.>
> So Ron took a one-two punch during the fight. First was something 
to 
> do with planets, then the brain.  In the infirmary at the end, Ron 
> was apparently recovered from the brain - (Ch38, p847) "There were 
> still deep welts on his forearms where the brain's tentacles had 
> wrapped around him.  According to Madam Pomgrey, thoughts could 
> leave deeper scarring than almost anything else, though since she 
> had started applying copious amounts of Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious 
> Unction, there seemed to be some improvement."  


I'm sure this has probably been mentioned before, but....the welts  
are capable of leaving deep scarring.  They need to be removed with 
Dr. Ubbly's Oblivious Unction.....kind of like using the "Obliviate" 
curse to remove someone's painful thoughts (memories.) 


> Notice the qualifiers "according to" and "seemed to be."  And 
> nothing was said about his episode of silliness.  This just 
screams 
> *important clue* to me.  Thoughts on what they mean?
> 
> Ravenclaw Bookworm


So, is that implying that M. Pomfrey has actually used the Obliviate 
on someone before?  Is JKR trying to tell us that people who have 
experienced the Obliviate seem to be improved but actually are not?  
The entire morality of using the obliviate could come into play in a 
future book (perhaps having been used widely during the first war?) 

Toad (Who probably shouldn't have responded to this post without 
having her cup of coffee first--sorry.  My welts aren't running very 
deep this morning.)