Burning (no, not a pun) Weasley Questions (kinda long)

[Minnesota Girlie]

No: HPFGUIDX 10743

(Note: I added the 'non-pun' thing since fire/flaming/burning is 
usually associated with Weasley... just realized as I typed it. Also, 
all quotes are the main idea, not the actual, verbatim, in-the-book 
quote.)

MG'S BURNING WEASLEY QUESTIONS: If anyone can help/answer, I'd love 
it... these are questions I've been wondering about forever...

1. Is Charlie verifiably the younger of the notorious Bill and 
Charlie? Because, if Bill were the younger of the two eldest
Weasleys, 
a lot more things would make sense in canon, such as:

     a) Bill's "I haven't seen this place in five years" in GoF. 
Besides the Triwizard Tournament, I don't recall any real reason to 
return to Hogwarts after graduation except to become a professor. 

     b) Ginny's "I've been looking forward to coming... since Bill 
came" in CoS. IF Bill had graduated five years before GoF (by my
math, 
feel free to correct me, please!), that would make Ginny around 8 
years old when Bill graduates Hogwarts-- old enough to remember his 
attending.

     c) The difference in age of the Weasley kids. By my math...
(once 
again, IF Bill graduated 5 years before GoF) Charlie would be 5 years 
older than Bill, Bill 4 years older than Percy, and so on. 

2. What color(s) is (are) the Weasley's eyes? I've seen, in fandom, 
just about every imaginable shade... though the favorite for Ron
seems 
to be blue. The only eye color I remember being mentioned is 
Ginny's... and hers are brown. I'm especially interested in Ron,
since 
authors want his eyes to be blue -- is that anywhere in the canon
that 
I missed?

3 (and final!). In fandom... this is a random question... What's with 
Fleur/Bill relationships and their not working out? Just like it's 
assumed that Lucius Malfoy is beyond redemption, it's assumed that in 
Fleur/Bill relationships (at least, the ones I've read) that Fleur 
leaves Bill for another... er, trophy, or that Bill gets fed up with 
her and dumps her. I know that Fleur looks at Bill ... um, oddly, in 
GoF.

If anyone has help for me, thanks! And thanks for reading.

Minnesota Girlie

P.S. for Ebony: "The Many, the Proud" works too. ;) 
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Favorite HP book: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Favorite Character: Charlie "Dragon-Chaser" Weasley
Character I Identify Most With: Hermione "Know-It-All" Granger
Ship Preference: R/H, F/A, D/G
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