What if the brain that attacked Ron was Nicolas Flamel's?

[annunathradien]

No: HPFGUIDX 102523

vmonte:
> > 
> > What if the brain that attacked Ron was of the recently deceased 
> > Nicolas Flamel?  And if so, does Ron know have his memories?

Alla:
> 
> I don't know whether it was the brain of Nicolas Flamel or not, but 
I 
> am pretty sure that it was somebody famous, because I don't think 
> that the "learned wisards" in MoM study the brains of ordinary 
> people. 


I wouldn't be surprised at all the brains being kept at the 
Department of Mysteries are people of either great importance or have 
particularly *interesting* minds.  Minds worth studying anyway.  
Which is all at once very intriguing and very disturbing.  What sort 
of minds would be captured in a tank at a place like the Department 
of Mysteries?  Great minds don't always come from good people.  

Nicolas Flamel is an intriguing guess, he certainly may have the sort 
of mind that would be interesting to preserve and study.  He wasn't 
only a gifted alchemist, but has six centuries worth of life 
experiences.  

I think Seers brains may also be worth studying.  Cassandra 
Trelawney's mind, for example, may be a candidate in that tank.  Ron 
has displayed some Seer abilities off and on throughout the series.  
What if this attack somehow awakens this possibly latent talent in 
him?  Although I wonder about the side effects.

I'm particularly concerned with something Madam Pomfrey says about 
the apparent complications of the brain attack:

OOTP Schol. CH. 38, PG. 847
"There were still deep welts on [Ron's] forearms where the brain's 
tentacles had wrapped around him.  According to Madam Pomfrey, 
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."

"Thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else"?  
This doesn't sound very pleasant at all.  What if the "welts" 
(thoughts?) never really heal on Ron?  "Oblivious Unction" sounds 
something on par to the Obliviate Charm.  What would Ron have to 
forget because of that brain?

annunathradien