[HPforGrownups] Friendships in WW/ Wands

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 43798

Ginny wrote:


> People have been discussing whether Harry or Hermione have enough
> friends, how well they get along with others at school, etc.  But I
> was noticing, there don't seem to be a lot of close friendships in
> the WW.  I am specifically thinking about the Weasleys.  They have
> Harry over all the time, and Hermione pretty often.  How come the
> rest of the kids don't have their own friends over?

The way I see it, Harry gets to go to the Weasleys because they know he has
no where else to go.  Mrs. Weasley would do just about anything to get him
away from the Dursleys.  The Weasleys know that Hermione is Harry's other
best friend, and I feel that she's included more for Harry than for Ron.
Harry is there as an escape from the Dursleys not only because he's Ron's
friend.  The other Weasley kids have friends, I believe, but they don't
*need* to get away from home as much as Harry does.

As far the twins, as is often the case with twins, they tend to have less
friends simply because they do have each other.  And it's harder for others
to become their friends because they are so close.  They have "friends" but
don't need as many close friends.

Catlady wrote:

> Whatever JKR meant by willow, Ron's wand is willow with a unicorn
> hair. He has wand wood as a similarity to Lily, and wand core as a
> similarity to Cedric.

Which I must say does not sound good for Ron.  Since Lily, whose wand (I
will add, at least her first wand.  We don't know about the second, if there
indeed was a second) was made of the same wood as Ron's, sacrificed herself
to save Harry.  And those are the only two wands made of willow mentioned,
and the only two wands having the same wood type.  And the idea of Ron
sacrificing himself to save Harry frequently comes up.

Second, Ron and Cedric had the same wand core.  I believe the only wands
mentioned to have the same core, unicorn hair.  And Cedric was killed
basically because he was a nice guy.  That oversimplifies it, I know, but
that's the underlying factor.  And Ron is, well, a nice guy.

My mother is still clinging to the opinion that perhaps the two would cancel
each other out and Ron would not die.  She's not really into Harry Potter at
all, but she likes Ron. :)

Richelle

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