Whose point of view ? (A Challenge!)

[mclellyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 106677

aleesahn wrote:
 
> <snip> 
>  SO, here is my challenge: 
> <snip>
> <...we would possibly know all about dumbledore's plans for harry, 
> <and why he trusts snape, we might know whether or not snape truly 
> <deserves that trust, we might know how hermione and ron really 
feel about each other, we might realize Percy's reasoning behind his 
> <actions in book 5...
> <snip>
> 
> Off to work on my own challenge,
> Aleesahn

Gadfly McLellyn writes:

I'd like to address two of these challenges.  I've posted before my 
theory of why Dumbledore trusts Snape though I know it is way too 
hard on this format to find the threads.  My theory (post 79500 with 
much canon quoted)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/79500

is that Snape made the potion that saved Harry.  This solves two 
mysteries:  why Dumbledore trusts Snape and why Snape hates Harry.  
Snape hates Harry because Harry's fame should really be Snape's 
fame.  Of course, Snape can't claim that fame as it would put him in 
mortal danger, but I think it makes him bitter that he can't get 
credit for his cleverness. 

Now for Percy.  JK Rowling said in her interview on Biography that 
she has borrowed from folklore to "suit her purposes".  I think that 
is Percy's story.  I think the Weasley family has something to do 
with King Arthur and his Knights of the Roundtable.  As JKR borrows 
so much on mythology, I bought a book called "The Ultimate 
Encyclopedia of Mythology" by Arthur Cotterell and Rachel Storm, 
Hermes House publisher.  In the Myths of the Celtic World section on 
P162 is a piece on Percival "the Perfect Fool".  He was a Knight of 
King Arthur's and known as the "Simple Knight".  This reminds me of 
Percy as he tends to simplify everything into black and white 
issues.  

Is there anyone out there more knowledgable about King Arthur's Court 
to see if there are more ties to the Weasley names?

Gadfly McLellyn