HBO's upcoming Harry Potter reboot has polarized fans, with many questioning the necessity of a new TV show in the first place. The series promises to be different from the now-iconic movies, though, as it aims to be a more faithful adaptation of J.K. Rowling's fantasy books. The Harry Potter movies arguably did a disservice to many characters, including Ron, Ginny, and Hermione, and if the show does commit to the novels' detail, it might actually confirm a popular fan theory.
As one-third of the Golden Trio, Ron Weasley is integral to Harry Potter's journey. Most of his interesting moments from the books were reduced, rewritten, or cut, but a popular theory suggests that one of his abilities was overlooked entirely: he could be an untrained Seer. If HBO's series restores more of Ron's original dialogue and characterization, more fans could see the strange predictions that led many other audience members to believe he has an unexplained connection to Divination.
In the Wizarding World, a Seer is a witch or wizard capable of seeing genuine visions of the future, and it's incredibly rare. The fan theory states that Ron Weasley may be an untrained Seer who's subconsciously able to predict future events. In Hogwarts, he attends Professor Trelawney's Divination classes, and while those classes are filled with vague predictions and dramatic declarations, she does possess real prophetic ability, most famously when she makes the prophecy about Harry and Voldemort. The "Ron is a Seer" fan theory doesn't suggest he is consciously practicing Divination; instead, it posits that Ron occasionally predicts future events without realizing it.
The evidence supporting this theory stems from a series of comments Ron makes throughout Harry Potter, which initially sound like jokes, guesses, or pessimistic observations but later resemble things that actually happen. In Prisoner of Azkaban, Ron reads Harry's tea leaves, spots what looks like a bowler hat, and infers that Harry will go on to work for the Ministry. Harry eventually does exactly that, becoming an Auror and later Head of the Auror Office. Ron also predicts Harry will receive money in his future; later that year, Harry wins 1,000 Galleons as prize money for the Triwizard Tournament, which he gifts to Fred and George to open up their joke shop.
In The Goblet of Fire, Harry and Ron jokingly invent a series of horrible predictions for Harry's future. They suggest he'll receive a burn, lose something important to him, and he'll be stabbed in the back by someone he thought was a friend. This pretty much accurately states the entire plot: Harry faces a Hungarian Horntail dragon in the Triwizard Tournament, he must rescue Ron from the lake in the Second Task, and Barty Crouch Jr., disguised as Mad-Eyed Moody, ultimately betrays him. In The Chamber of Secrets, Ron also jokes that Tom Riddle probably received his Special Services to the School award for "killing Myrtle," which is exactly what happened. Young Voldemort had killed Moaning Myrtle and used her death to create his first Horcrux.
This gives HBO an interesting opportunity. The TV show doesn't need to rewrite Ron or outright declare that he is a Seer; instead, it just has to be more faithful to the character Rowling wrote. If the show restores Ron's practical intelligence, unusual observations, and seemingly throwaway predictions, it'll explore more details that the Harry Potter movies couldn't accommodate and quietly confirm this long-running fan theory. Prisoner of Azkaban may be the most useful book for the theory because Ron is actually studying Divination with Harry and Hermione.
Professor Trelawney's lessons provide the perfect environment for the series to explore the fan theory and include actual evidence that Ron might be a Seer. It would also fit the way prophecy actually works in Harry Potter. Trelawney doesn't spend her life actively predicting the future; her most important predictions come when she isn't even aware she's making them. The franchise therefore already established that prophetic ability can emerge unexpectedly (because it's an innate talent), so if the Harry Potter show wants to include more accurate lore, the "Ron is a Seer" theory fits perfectly.
Giving Ron more intimate moments of apparent foresight could also reinforce something that the movies mostly ignored: Ron isn't stupid. He can be insecure, impulsive, and jealous, but he doesn't lack intelligence. His ability to make connections, understand the Wizarding World, and think practically are an important part of why he's so crucial to Harry's journey. However, the movies mostly reduced Ron to comic relief.
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