Ron's queen and Harry's castle;

[Arya]

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 "Berit Jakobsen" <belijako at o...> wrote:
SNIP> 
> Quote (Ginny has just told Ron she ditched Michael Corner):
> "Ron looked highly delighted.
> 'Well, I' always though he was a bot of an idiot,' he said prodding 
> his queen forward towards Harry's quivering castle. 'Good for you. 
> Just choose someone - better - next time.'
> He cast Harry an oddly furtive look as he said it.
> 'Well, I've chosen Dean Thomas, would you say he's better?' asked 
> Ginny vaguely.
> 'WHAT?' shouted Ron, upending the chessboard..." (OotP p. 763 UK Ed)
SNIP
> Look at what Ron is doing while he's asking Ginny to find someone 
> better and at the same time casting Harry that furtive look: He is 
> prodding *his queen* forward towards *Harry's castle*... Ron's move 
> on the chessboard is mimicking his desire to match his sister with 
> Harry: He is moving the queen forward, making Harry's 
> castle "quiver". Who knows? Some time in the not so far future > 
Ginny might make those walls come tumbling down... with or without 
the help of Ron.
>SNIP
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There's been some dicussion on another site that pointed that 
Ron's "queen" might actually imply the female he would [hope to] pair 
himself with (Hermione). After all, if 'Weasley is the king', then 
the one he's bound to/paired with would be his 'queen'.  

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheGreatDebate

Search for "castle" or such to find the post threads.  

Arya