[HPforGrownups] Re: The House of Gaunt

[Jazmyn Concolor]

No: HPFGUIDX 151044



potioncat wrote:

> Potioncat:
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>I agree that DD speaks/understands Parseltongue. I think he even 
>makes a comment about it himself in his own way. Sorry that I can't 
>go searching for the canon, but I know DD says something to Harry 
>along the line of, "you've learned that some great (good?) wizards 
>can speak parseltongue." 
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>That seems to counter what we learned in CoS, that Parseltongue is a 
>sign of a Dark Wizard. I recall several threads on this list 
>wondering how or why that would be a trait of only Dark Wizards since 
>it seems to be a natural skill, not a learned one. I also wonder if 
>Harry really got the ability from Voldemort or if it is natural to 
>him. 
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Which means we MUST stop taking Ron's word for anything.  He only echoes 
the bigotry and ignorance found in the Wizard world.  Blah, blah, 
Slytherins are all evil, blah, blah, parseltongues are all evil, blah, 
blah, giants are all evil. blah, blah, all werewolves are dangerous 
beasts, blah, blah, house elves are all happy little slaves, blah, 
blah...  Obviously, Ron is not a good source of facts about his own 
world, being as he is so self absorbed most of the time, he can hardly 
see the forest for the trees.... Hermione at least researches HER facts 
and don't always have the knee jerk reactions that Ron has... and even 
she is not always right.   She is right more often then Ron though and 
she's a muggleborn... who in fact knows more about the Wizard World then 
Ron, who was born in it and whose father works at the MOM....

Jazmyn