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[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 35148

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jklb66" <jklb66 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
>  
> <snip> my argument that the Weasleys might not welcome 
Hermione as a daughter-in-law.

> 1) I think Arthur and Molly are open-minded enough to accept a 
muggle-born witch into the family.  Arthur enjoyed spending time 
with the  Grangers in PoA, and the Weasleys invite Hermione to 
spend over 2  weeks living with them in GoF.  And remember at 
the end of GoF, what  Molly says to Dumbledore, "We know what 
Fudge is.  It's Arthur's fondness for Muggles that has held him 
back at the Ministry all these years.  Fudge thinks he lacks 
proper wizarding pride."  Fudge is a 
> bigot; Molly and Arthur try not to be.  Can they be 
condescending  sometimes?  Yes.  Would they be less than 
thrilled with Hermione in the family? No. 

There's nothing in any of the above that makes me think the 
Weasleys see the Muggleborn as equals. Yes, the Weasleys try 
not to mistreat Muggles, but that's by no means the same thing. I  
have known people who were very eager to socialize with 
members of other ethnic groups, enjoyed learning about them, 
invited them to their homes and  fought hard against 
discrimination but were nonetheless extremely  negative about  
marriage with those same people.

> 
> 2) Even if Ron does end up with Hermione,she isn't likely to be 
the  first muggle-born daughter-in-law of the Weasleys.  
Remember,  Penelope, Percy's girlfriend, is muggle-born too!
> 

Yes, and what happened to her? There's not a word of her in 
GoF. Did Percy drop her because she'd hinder his advancement 
at the Ministry? Were Arthur and Molly secretly relieved? We don't 
know.

Pippin