The Value of A Knut (Was, Saving Every Sickle)

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 59209

Ron doesn't get it. You'd think he would, but he doesn't.

Fred and George get it. They aren't expecting their parents to help 
them with the shop. They are trying to do it on their own. And one of 
the more touching quiet scenes in the books is in CoS, where George 
says, quietly, "This lot won't come cheap, Mum," referring to all of 
Lockhart's books.

Molly says they will manage, but you can tell, George gets it.

Ginny gets it. She is seen repairing her book in one scene in PoA. 
She doesn't share her insecurities with everyone, acting like a 
princess. She tells them to a diary, private thoughts. (so she 
thinks.)

Ron doesn't get it. 

It is Ron who fires the first shots in the "dress robe" scenes in 
GoF. 

"You've got to be kidding," said Ron. "I'm not wearing that, no way."

"I'll go starkers before I put that on."

Then it's RON who covets Harry's robes, which were paid from money 
left to him by his dead parents. Molly took Harry's money and bought 
him something nice. And Ron still gives Molly lip after she explains -
- IN FRONT OF HARRY -- that she had to buy them secondhand.

No, I believe Ron is the immature one here. Molly's only sin is not 
having the patience to kindly deal with the brat. 

THEN, after Molly leaves, Pidgwigeon gets an owl treat stuck in his 
beak and Ron vents about, "Everything I own is rubbish."

HELLO! THAT WAS A GIFT, YOU UNGRATEFUL LITTLE GIT! Sirius GAVE Ron a 
gift of an owl, saying, "It's my fault he no longer has a rat."

Did Ron forget that there were three other people that needed dress 
clothes for that ball? Fred and George needed robes and Ginny needed 
a dress. 

We know from the writing in Fantastic Beasts that Ron has to share 
Harry's book because he blew his money on Dungbombs instead of a book 
because "Dungbombs Rule!"

Ron is loyal, brave, and usually gets around to doing the right 
thing, which may seem like faint praise, but it's certainly more than 
a lot of people do. 

But he doesn't get how tough it is for his folks and hasn't learned 
to quelch his impulses. Time for Ickle Ronniekins to grow the hell up 
a bit.

Darrin
-- However, Dungbombs would be a great name for a band.