More much ado about money and those damn robes

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 59798

> 
> "Why didn't Molly pull Ron aside?"
> "For the first time in years, she's got a full house again, with 
Bill 
> and Charlie back, and plus she's got two other house guests in 
Harry 
> and Hermione.That's a lot of laundry, cleaning and cooking." 
> 
> 
> Hello all, fred Waldrop here:
> Not really, just a flick of the wand, and presto, it's done. But I 
> guess all that wand waving must be oh so tiring though.


Then why do House-Elves exist? Ron says that Molly wants one for help 
around the house, does he not? So, apparently, there is more to it 
than just waving the wand, if she wants an assistant.

Perhaps using magic to do so actually takes some energy out of her. I 
don't know, but I do know that she wants help, which indicates it's 
not just flicking a wand with one hand and eating bon bons with the 
other.

Nice try with the sarcasm, though. Better luck next time.

> "Plus, she's got three other of her own children, and Harry and 
> Hermione to shop for, organize clothes, and get packed". 
> 
> The 3 other children are old enough to organize and pack their own 
> cloths, they do in PoA, so why can't they do it a year later? And 
> Harry surely must know how to put his stuff away, he has been doing 
> it most his life. Hermione, being as smart as she is, probably 
knows  how to fold a robe and pack it too. And Molly was all alone 
when she went shopping, so what was the rush? 
> 


Then golly, gee, wouldn't Ron know what a dress robe was, since he is 
the youngest man in the family and his father has some for smart 
parties and most likely, the older boys have worn them at one point? 

> "So, I think maybe her thinking that Ron didn't need nursemaiding 
> through the robes crisis can be forgiven, don't you?" 
> 
> Forgiven for looseing her temper, yes. Being a nursemaid instead of 
a  mother, can't see where you get that, he just wanted to know why 
his  robe looked like a dress instead of like Harry's.
> 

People want her to PULL Ron aside and have a heart-to-heart with 
him... about what, I don't know. How exactly would that conversation 
go?

"Ron, I'm glad we had a chance to have this talk. I sensed that you 
wouldn't understand, even though you have lived here for 14 years, 
that we are poor and I couldn't buy you the newest Armani dress 
robes."

I wonder what Fred and George wore to the ball. Wonder if THEY whined 
like little babies.
 

> "Or perhaps she meant to, but didn't get around to it, what with 
> other things going on."
> 
> What do you consider more important than your children? As stated 
> earlier, she was home alone while everyone was at the QWC. So what 
> kept her from fixing the robe while she was at home all by herself? 

She went shopping for everyone, was organizing everything, had to 
make sure they had transportation lined up to the Hogwarts train, 
most likely prepare meals and then later, was worried sick out of her 
mind.

"Gosh, my husband is missing while the Dark Mark is being conjured in 
the sky and I have no way of hearing from him or my children, but 
Ron, if he is still alive, will need dress robes, so let me fix this."
 
> 
> "We see Ginny stoically repairing a book, where Ron blew his new 
book money on dungbombs"
> 
> What new book money? You mean in the THIRD YEAR when he went to 
> Hogmeads? Or was he suppost to be buying his own stuff at 11? I 
think you have Ron and the twins confussed.

In Fantastic Beasts, Ron has to share a book with Harry because he 
blew his money on Dungabombs instead of buying a book when his fell 
apart. So, you see his priorities, right there. 

> 
> "Far as I can tell, although the other kids certainly are faced 
with 
> the poverty, and deal with it in different ways -- Percy by working 
> that much harder"
> 
> We also see Percy staying at home after he leaves school, being a 
> burden on his mother and father, even though he has a job himself. 
We  do not see Bill or Charlie doing this.

Bill and Charlie got jobs out of town. They are also older. In GoF, 
Percy is one year out of school. It is not uncommon to stay with your 
folks one year out of school, especially with an entry-level job.  

> "Well, since Hermione is destined to become the Headmistress of 
> Hogwarts, maybe Ron, who is destined to have a job with the 
Quidditch 
> Federation, will just have to learn to have a wife that makes more 
> than him"
> 
> 
> Hemione headmistress? I would think Prof. McGonagall would be next 
in line. But, if you think a student in her 5th year is more suited, 
I guess that's up to you. Me personally, I would go with someone who 
> has a little more experiance.

Look up the word "destined" and I think you'll find that the general 
idea is that it means SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.

Yes, I suggested that Hermione become Headmistress while still being 
a student. I think Harry will be the Minister of Magic next year and 
Ginny will be a full-fledged Auror too. (THAT is sarcasm.)

Does this also mean I suggested Ron and Hermione get married in the 
fifth year? Give unto me a break. 

 And Ron hasn't even played one Quidditch match for Hogwarts, and you 
> already have him down to nothing more in life. He is only 14 the 
last  we saw of him, and you already say he will never be more than a 
> quidditch player? I already figured you hated the boy, but let him 
at  least grow to the ripe old age of 16 before you write him off, 
> alright?

This happens all the time out here. You criticize one character for 
one character trait and someone says, "Well you hate the boy" as if 
people can't grasp disagreement.

I think he'll be a Quidditch commissioner or referee or some such 
because he absolutely loves it. I figured that will make him happy. I 
didn't even suggest he was a player, but someone who works with 
Quidditch, maybe a scout for the Chudley Cannons or something. 

And again, since you have a hard time with the concept of "destiny" 
versus "present situation," I mean that Ron will be this, IN THE 
FUTURE.

Darrin
-- Has a hard time believing what he reads out here.