Percy Weasley and the Camelot connections of the Weasleys
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Wed Jun 9 14:51:10 UTC 2004
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> GEO:Explain to me again why exactly Harry is the King Arthur
> analogue here? I thought it was obvious that Arthur Weasly was the
> one with the whole possibility of him becoming MoM and the thing
> between him and Lucius like King Arthur and the so called Emperor
> Lucius.
>
> And even if we agree that Harry is King Arthur in this story then
> I'd say that Hermione fits the analogue of the LotL and possibly
> also that of Guinevere better seeing how she leads to the creation
> of the DA much like Arthur's marriage of Guinevere lead to the
round
> table given to Arthur as a bridal present.
"Obvious" to me, mainly, and that's probably a poor choice of
words. I guess I see elements of the Camelot legend in all the
characters, but not an exact blueprint. Arthur Weasley fits because
of his name; Harry because he's the lead of the series who makes the
sacrifices, etc.
>
> > The little red-headed girl running after the train, the
> > baby sister with the crush on her brother's best friend, the
> damsel
> > in distress he rescues, the girl Harry ignores -- come on.
> Everyone
> > knows the ultimate ending to that fairy tale. J.K. Rowling has
> > actually played it so casual that the archetype is glaringly
> > obvious.
>
> No she hasn't. If the ending or Harry's fate is so obvious then I
> dare say quite a few of us wouldn't be reading the books.
Again, "obvious" is probably a bad choice of words, but for me all
the clues point toward some sort of Ginny/Harry connection -- maybe
romantic, maybe tragic. I do think Ginny and her family's Camelot
names are significant in some way.
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