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pauraque_bk ([personal profile] pauraque_bk) wrote2004-01-08 10:00 pm
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weasley is our king

[livejournal.com profile] lizardlaugh and [livejournal.com profile] ixchelmala have posted the mother of all HP theories. It's either the biggest crock I've ever read, or complete and utter genius.

It starts off with a discussion of the chess game in SS/PS as a metaphor for the second war, which is something others have explored, notably [livejournal.com profile] lycoris (here). Then it then takes a huge (but well-supported) leap in explaining how Ron can be both a knight and the player: Ron is Dumbledore.

It's stunningly plausible, but I can't say I want it to be true -- if it is, it won't come as a surprise when it's revealed!

It also occurs to me that JKR has mentioned that one of the kids will become a Hogwarts professor, but "not the one you think" -- ie, not Hermione. This has led some to speculate that it's going to be Ron, which of course would match up with the Ron=AD theory. Scary shit, dude.
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[identity profile] sedesdraconis.livejournal.com 2004-01-08 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Truly. That is a stunningly impressive argument. Wow. If it's true, I think I have to knock my respect for JKR up several more notches. It is a foreshadowing that can be guessed, and once guessed, you can see stretching all the way back in perfect consistency; and yet it is still stunning. That's mastery of Foreshadowing. Wow. Oh, I hope it's true, it's too cool not to be.
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