[HPforGrownups] Re: Charlie Weasley's age

[Ravenclaw Black]

No: HPFGUIDX 77633



T.M. Sommers wrote:

> Lee wrote:
> >
> > But this doesn't include Ginny either, what about her? What if she
> > becomes a Prefect? I think Molly was just being Zealous about Ron's
> > badge that day, but still, its almost like Ginny's presence is almost
> > an after thought. I don't know, that just sort of stood out to me. O.o
>
> I've wondered about that, too.  I can see why Molly wouldn't count
> Fred and George, since it was obvious that they could never be
> prefects.  But Ginny?  It seems at least as plausible as Ron.  Is
> Molly's statement supposed to suggest that Ginny is not really part of
> the family, perhaps that she is adopted?  It seems highly unlikely;
> Bill and Charlie would surely be old enough to know, if she were.  And
> she surely looks like a Weasley.
>
> But then why did Molly forget her only daughter?  I guess she must
> have meant "That's everyone in the family so far", but that just
> doesn't sound right.  "That's everyone in the family" sounds so final,
> as if there are no more to come.
>
> Is a puzzlement.
>
Perhaps she just assumes that Ginny will be prefect as well.   But I 
agree, it didn't sit right with me the way she excluded Fred and George.

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