About Ron (not shipping)

[lucky_kari]

No: HPFGUIDX 34528

I've heard this a lot, and as, the oldest child of 8 children, I 
cannot agree. First of all, we see nothing wrong with Ron's magical 
supplies other than his wand being hypothetically wrong for him. 
Personally, I think this was an ill-worked out characterization 
detail of JKR's. The wand only really goes wrong after he breaks it, 
and refuses to tell his parents about it, just as I broke my glasses 
in Grade 7 and kept it secret from my parents for a couple months. 

As for the clothes, you may prefer spiffy new clothes to trips to 
Egypt, but frankly, I don't. Having 8 children in the house means 
that I've always worn hand-me-downs, and second-hand clothes. Like 
Ron, it bothered me sometimes, but I completely approved of our 
family's preference for taking long summer vacations to Alaska, 
California, the Grand Canyon, Ontario etc. It's either new clothes or 
good vacations in our house, and I vote heartily (with the Weasleys) 
for vacations! 

Magically altering robes does not, for some strange reason, work in 
the Harry Potter world, in the same way that cosmetic surgery doesn't 
seem to exist anywhere. I don't think JKR thought out that one.

As for Ron, not having any attention paid to him, I always thought 
that was just his insecurity. I doubt very much that the parents pay 
way more attention to their older boys. I doubt it especially when I 
notice that the other Weasley child who seems to feel that they're 
not being paid attention to is Percy. Over and over again, he is 
always trying to get his family's attention, and feels that he is 
unappreciated. We know this is wrong for Percy, why do we accept 
Ron's version of things so quickly. All the evidence of favouritism 
we've seen in the house boils down to Percy, who has been made a 
prefect, getting a pet owl from his parents. To call that favouritism 
would be as if my younger brothers complained that my grandparents 
gave me some money on graduation. 

Eileen

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., NOTaMuggleFamily at a... wrote:
> 
> I also noticed this...being a single rather lower-income mom of 5 
kids!  It 
> really annoyed me that the family would take trips to Egypt, 
etc...yet Ron 
> gets crap for magical supplies and (HORRORS) hand me down Dress-
Robes!  Mrs. 
> Weasly says something like 'We just can't afford new ones!"  
Yet...can't they 
> magically fix them to look decent??   Its like the family really 
cares only 
> about the older boys who they are so  proud of, but poor Ron is 
left with 
> used junk!  I was SO happy at the end of the 4th book when Harry 
asked the 
> twins to please get Ron some new Dress-Robes!  But sad that his own 
mother 
> couldn't see the need.  (And frankly, as a Pagan who frequents many 
rituals 
> with children, its not hard to make nice robes for real cheap!)
> 
> << Also, another thing I've wondered about: Ron uses a
> "hand-me-down wand in the first 2 books. How does this
> influence his studies?
> 
> As we have seen when Harry gets his wand, things can go
> quite wrong, if the wand isn't right for the wizard. >>
> 
> 
> 
> shahara lefay
> pagan priestess 
> **serendipitously smitten with severus snape**