Harry's Big Money Gift.....(Was: Clues from GoF)

[finwitch <finwitch@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 53061

--- "Carrie S" wrote:

> 
> Remember when Fred and George gave Harry the Map. Ron's 
comment "why didn't
> they give me the Map, I am their brother?" A point well taken by 
Ron, in my
> opinion.

ME:

Except that the twins did to Harry in order to give him means to get 
to Hogsmeade (which Ron already had). Harry was in greater need. And 
well, if the twins knew that Harry's father was one of the Makers, 
they may have seen it fit to give Harry the map (as inheritance).


Carrie: 
> Well....why didn't Harry give Ron the money?? Ron's his best 
friend, he
> knows he needs money for things. He knows how frustrated Ron is of
> hand-me-downs, etc. Ron is always (well except for a huge part of 
GoF) there
> for him, helped him get on his feet in the WW, etc. He owes Ron a 
lot.

ME:
Because Ron wouldn't take it. Harry bought Onmioculars for both 
Hermione and Ron. Ron took out the Lepricorn gold to pay back the 10 
galleons, and then gets angry because Harry didn't tell him it had 
vanished... I never noticed Hermione to do that about hers! - but Ron 
gets *insulted* if Harry buys him something.

By giving the money to the twins with: "Buy Ron some new dress-robes 
and say it's from you" Harry gives the twins their joke-shop AND new 
dress robes to Ron without insulting Ron's pride. Ron already feels 
owing 10 Galleons to Harry, he'd NOT want owing 1010 galleons (while 
Harry doesn't mind the least - he'd give Ron/Weasleys half of his 
vault, but knows all too well that they'd never take it).

If Ron asks where they got it, they'd complain over being baselessly 
accused of stealing by their own brother rather than tell. At any 
rate, the 1000 galleons was an investment in laughter.

"I have a feeling that we'll need laughter". Well, laughter is what 
destroys a boggart. - also, laughter is what destroys *fear*. As Tom 
Riddle told Harry in CoS of his dream: That wizards fear to speak his 
name. Perhaps WWW will fight that by making the name Voldemort 
ridiculous. That would cut to Voldemort's ability to take over by 
terrorizing the wizards...

-- Finwitch