that site wrote:What is so interesting about this game is that Ron actually plays *two* roles. He is both the Knight, fighting in the war, and the metaphorical player, giving the orders, when, as we all know, Dumbledore is the one calling the shots, directing the troops in the larger game (the war). Dumbledore is the metaphorical chess player in the war on the side of good. If he is a piece in the game (and he most certainly is), he is the King. However, in the game the trio plays, it is RON who directs all the action. It is Ron who is the metaphorical player. How do we reconcile this?
Rowling gives us the answer in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
Weasley is Our King
The metaphorical player in the game of chess is the King. His actual physical moves are limited, but if he is taken out of the game (checkmate), the game is over. Kings are leaders, they give the orders, and they direct the war, just as Ron does on the chess board. However, catchy little ditty by an unctuous Slytherin aside, Ronald Weasley does not, on the surface at least, appear to play the part of the King in the series.
Hmm... I see their background and their conclusion, but the road seems to be missing there...
Rowling herself tells us Weasley is Our King... what on earth could this possibly mean?
Other than the rhyme that the slytherins sing, where did they get this? Did Rowling say anything like this? I have never heard of that...
Anyhow, reading through this, the only thing that even helps their thesis (besides the hair, hands, and feet) is the Bernie Bott thing. And I, personally, think this is just a mistake... I mean, Rowling forgets things occasionally.
The rest of the document, the "proof" is just things that would line up if it was true, and are only significant if you are allready thinking in that direction (like "or had ever been" and particularly that "weasly is our king" line), but they could all be the case if it wasn't true.
This is the worst example of non-sequitur in this piece
that page wrote:In OotP, Draco composes a lovely song - Weasley is Our King. If that isn't foreshadowing, I don't know what is. One line in particular is given significance by Draco. He is heard singing it loudly during the game by Harry, and Draco later quotes it in italics - born in a bin. While Draco likes to make fun of Ron's poverty, the phrase has a double meaning. 'Bin' is also a prefix meaning 'double' or 'two' - think 'binary'. Was Ron 'born' twice? Leading a double life? Is Draco trying to tell us something important?
Um... No... He means he was born in a trash can (rubbish bin) This is an intense stretch, and while having "weasly is our king" be something other than the mockery it was would be ironic and I wouldn't put it past Rowling, but it does not really lend itself to this hypothesis. BTW, "bi" is the prefix meaning two, not "bin" even if "bin" may be short for "binary" the prefix is "bi." There are a lot of alternate meanings that could be taken out of obscure parts of the books...
Of course, It would be cool if it was, though... I think, anyhow.
That's almost exactly what Fluer said. I guess he's still around for comic relief. Now that the Twins are off, someone's gotta lighten things up a bit.
