[HPforGrownups] Re: HBP & the Weasleys

[Bill]

No: HPFGUIDX 105344

If the Weasleys are the true heirs, wouldn't the oldest son be the one in line, instead of Ron or even Percy ?

caspenzoe <cruthw at earthlink.net> wrote:> Valky:
> Agreed, though I still have somewhat of a feeling that the Half 
> Blood intimation runs deeper than just a champion of the cause. 
> Though, indeed Arthur is a champion of the cause. 
> 
> Genma again:
> > Now that we have ourselves a "King Arthur of the halfbloods," we 
> > would need our prince.  I can't speculate as to this...  perhaps 
> Ron or Percy?  I don't know.
> > 
> 
> Valky again:
> Now, why did YOU say Ron first?
> We could go on for a year considering which boy and why. Which 
could 
> be really fun and illuminating, for us to do. So, all we need is a 
> few more of us interested in examining the Weasleys as possible WW 
> royalty. 
> Any takers? 
> 
> (Is there anyone who remembers the thread on this list some time 
ago 
> that investigated this very theme long before the HBP title was 
> released. As I recall it had some base footing in the ponderings 
of 
> who was Gryffindors Heir.)

Just some a thoughts along these lines:

Is the "Weasley is Our King!" anthem running through OOTP a really 
obvious and broad JKR hint at royal blood in the Weasley line - and 
such blood specifically deposited in Ron - the youngest son? And 
don't we know that this anthem refers to Ron and not another of the 
Weasley brothers immediately? And how do we know it? There have been 
Weasely players on the Gryffindor Quidditch team throughout the 
books after all. Is Ginny the first female Weasley in generations 
because they've finally produced a true "King," and thus no further 
sons are needed? 

Also, don't you love the irony? All along, Harry has been the 
seeming leader of our heoric trio, with Ron stepping into the the 
background, playing the knight. But it's Ron who really calls the 
plays in SS, and practically orders Harry to go on while sacrificing 
himself (as in some traditions, pagan, neo-pagan and Christian are 
believed to be born to do). Ron, very Dumbledor-like really, is the 
better strategist, the better chess player, and the one Hermione 
(Ms. Smartie-pants that she is) seems to be falling for consciously 
(?) or not. Other ironies: the Weasley's poverty - a 
very "Christian" indication of nobility; and, along the same lines 
Arthur Weasley's broadness of love which includes the ordinary 
Muggle-born. 

Perhaps Dumbledore's real agenda in all this is to restore the once 
and future Kingly and Gryffindor line of Weasley to leadership over 
the more grasping Slytherin and Slytherin-controlled current Wizard 
leadership. Maybe he's ultimately a true servant of the house of 
Weasley?