[HPforGrownups] The Old Crowd (was Molly and Arthur's past)

[Catherine Coleman]

No: HPFGUIDX 42761

In message <01b101c244c4$a18f5840$459fcdd1 at istu757>, Richelle Votaw 
<rvotaw at i-55.com> writes

>I think that Arthur may have been a part of the old crowd, but not
>Molly.
>During the reign of Voldemort, Molly was busy raising babies.  I
>picture her
>as a "stay at home" witch, keeping her own family safe while her
>husband
>went out to fight in the war.  Dumbledore asked Molly if he could count
>on
>her and Arthur.  It's possible that if Arthur had been there he
>wouldn've
>had to ask.  Also, there's the "Voldemort" or "You Know Who."  Arthur
>says
>You Know Who, while the old crowd (as far as we know) says Voldemort. 
>But
>that could be because Molly freaked out if he said Voldemort, and he'd
>have
>gotten used to saying You Know Who.
>
>Just my two cents on the matter.  Feel free to add to my very short
>list of
>"old crowd" members!
>
>Richelle

Nice theory about the Old Crowd, and the way in which they refer to 
Voldemort.  I don't, however, think that Arthur can be included in this 
particular classification, based upon how he refers to Voldemort.  Just 
quite by chance today, when I was listening to PoA, I heard the 
following:

"Mr Weasley flinched at the sound of the name, but overlooked it." (PoA, 
The Dementor).

Excluding Arthur Weasley from this, for a moment, one could go further 
when talking about Forms of Reference - it's more to do with attitude. 
The Old Crowd (or at least Lupin) obviously take Dumbledore's view on 
calling things by their proper names - but they also don't seem to have 
the same fear of Voldemort as other people do.  Fear yes, but a fear 
more grounded in reality than that of legend, which is how many other 
people seem to view him.

Catherine