[HPforGrownups] Re: "Are the Shades of Goderic's Hollow to be thus polluted?!" (was: A new thou

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 44610


>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...>
>wrote:
> > I wonder, would even "Muggle-lovers" like the Weasleys
> > behave towards a Muggle-born like Hermione (or Lily) the way
>theCampbell clan behave towards Phebe: She's a good girl, to
>be loved and helped on every occasion, but when it comes to
>one marrying into their clean, stainless family, then all of sudden
>the general view is that the DE's may have a point?
> >
>
>I have wondered that as well, especially in light of the apparent
>disappearance of Muggle-born Penelope Clearwater from Percy
>Weasley's post-Hogwarts life and her absence from GoF. Did
>Percy decide she was a hindrance to his ambitions and drop
>her? Was this behind Ron's belief that Percy might sacrifice a
>family member for the sake of his career?
>
>Pippin
>
*giggle*  Points for the Jane Austen quote in the header!!!

*Was* Penelope Clearwater muggle-born?  Oh - was that the basis for her 
being petrified by the basilisk?  I'd have to go back and check - I 
genuinely don't remember that.

My take on why Penelope was dropped from GoF?  nothing as deep as what 
you've speculated here - just that there's was a school romance of 'boy 
likes girl' rather than "boy loves girl and vice versa" and both knew it was 
ending after 7th year when they went off to pursue their careers.  We don't 
see what Penelope's doing; perhaps *she's* off studying dragons in the 
Faeroes and broke it off with Percy.  It may not be a 'guy drops girl 
because she'll be a hindrance" sort of thing at all.  Percy didn't hide his 
connection with Penelope at home because of her antecedents, but because he 
knew darned well his siblings would make merry hell of his life if they 
knew.  Once it came out - he had no compunction about going to sit with her 
on the Hogwarts Express, in front of his whole family.

I doubt that all wizards and witches are as bigoted as the Malfoys - they're 
probably an extreme end of the bell curve.  There probably just isn't much 
interaction with the "purer" wizarding families, as with the Weasleys - it's 
not that they have anything against muggles, but they don't have that much 
in common with them; there are things they'd have to keep from them; and 
they're absorbed in their own pursuits.  it's not much different than never 
getting to know your neighbors in a modern town; it definitely does happen.  
I almost never make friends with neighbors because I almost never have 
anything in common with them.

I suspect that, between Arthur Weasley's fascination with all things Muggle 
and his greater degree of interaction with them, the fact that Hermione's 
matter of factly welcomed into the family bosom (and, c'mon, Arthur and 
Molly aren't stupid - bright girl, family full of teenaged boys - *any* of 
their sons could take a fancy to Hermione); the fact that the Weasleys 
collectively have a lot of common sense despite their individual 
idiosyncracies; and, hey, the fact that Molly was upset with Hermione when 
she thought she was breaking Harry's heart - not that she dared "date" a 
pureblood, or two! - all argue to me that they'd be right proud to have the 
class valedictorian as their daughter-in-law.

Felinia



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