Much Ado About Money (concerning the Weasleys)

[Fred Waldrop]

No: HPFGUIDX 59511

 "taylorlynzie" <leperockon at a...> wrote:
Fred Waldrop wrote:(message # 59492)

Instead of offering to help fix the robes, Ron's mum just tells him 
to "go naked." If Ron could take the fringe and lace off in a couple 
seconds while walking down the stairs to the ball, not knowing what 
he was doing, why didn't his mum try to fix them herself, instead of 
argueing about him having to wear them as is?
Even if she did not have much time, she could have given her son 5 
minutes to try and fix his robes properly. Unless she really did want 
him to wear a robe with fringes and lace, or really go naked after 
all. 

 
"taylorlynzie" <leperockon at a...> wrote:

I'm sorry but this doesn't really make sense to me. Why would she 
*want* him to go naked? Ron could risk getting in trouble at school 
for doing that. As for the fringes and lace, I see it more as a 
lesson. Don't get me wrong I DO NOT mean a punishment just a lesson 
that you are not always going to have a lot of money and that you 
need to learn how to deal with what you have. The Weasleys obviously 
don't have a lot of money (though this does make them wallowing in 
poverty) and he has grown up with this all of his life, Molly 
probably just wanted to use this to help him grow up a little as we 
all know without arguement that Ron is a *little* immature. This 
could be a way for her to held nudge him up the maturity ladder. If 
she constantly was fixing his robes everytime they needed to be fixed 
he would become spoiled and stay immature. Another valid point is 
that Molly was prehaps just not thinking about it. She is a very busy 
woman and fixing her sons "inadequate" dress robes may not be her 
number one priority. 

Tay


Hello all, Fred Waldrop here, again:

Do you really believe that by making Ron wear a robe that looks like 
a girls dress will help him grow up? How on earth did you come up 
with that idea?
As for it being a lesson, I can not see any lesson except that his 
mother does not care what her son looks like. And as for "dealing 
with what you have", wouldn't it make more sense to show him how to 
fix something that isn't right instead of just trying to use it like 
it is? That is what most people said about broken his wand, if he had 
asked for help, he would have received it, and his wand would have 
been in better shape. But instead of that, you say he needs to fix 
things himself and never ask for help, or just live with it like it 
is, no matter how bad it looks or works.
And them not having much money has nothing to do with the fact that 
if SHE would have taken a couple minutes and taken the lace off, the 
robe would have been much more exceptable. But, as you say, 
apparently her son is not her number one priority, and that is a sad 
thing to say about any mother. Good thing Lily did not have the same 
attitude or this would have been a very different book.
Also, I do not remember reading anything about Fred or George having 
to wear girls robes. Neither do I remember reading that Ginny had to 
wear a boys robe to the dance. The only person that had to 
dress "inadequate" was Ron. And it would NOT have cost ONE KNUT for 
her to have removed the fringe and lace from Ron's robe, just a 
couple of minutes of her time.

Fred Waldrop