Arranged Marraiges: (Was:Re: Slytherins/DE and Girls)

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 91999

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Janet Anderson" 
<norek_archives2 at h...> wrote:
> ghingapuss wrote:
> >Knowing how the WW like to marry young, and working with the idea
> >that there is a limited number of prospective pure-blood 
candidates
> >for marriage, parents would feel the need to hook up their 
offspring
> >as soon as possible to avoid missing out.  It stands to reason 
then
> >that the children of pure blooded families were most likely
> >betrothed or promised to each other quite young. As teens.  Will
> >some of the purebloods, Draco perhaps be dealing with this in the
> >next book?
> 
Janet Anderson replies: 

> I think this is interesting as well.  Draco is the only son of a 
wealthy and 
> socially prominent family (well, they were socially prominent 
until Lucius 
> Malfoy went to jail ...) and would therefore be considered 
extremely 
> eligible, especially since he's not bad looking.  (Okay, he's no 
Orlando 
> Bloom
snip

> 
> So what will Narcissa Malfoy (in the absence of her husband) do to 
promote 
> an appropriate marriage for her son?  I suggest that during the 
summer, when 
> Draco is at home, she'll start a program of parties at home, 
inviting 
> eligible pureblood families with daughters, and also that they'll 
start 
> travelling, visiting the homes of those families.  
snipping of the end

Meri back again: 
I think that it would be very interesting to know whose marraiges in 
the WW are born from love and whose are arranged. I am wondering 
about the marraige of Molly and Arthur. They are both (as far as we 
know) from pure-blood families. In fact the only family member we 
know of that isn't a wizard is the mysterious accountant. But what 
if it wasn't just their blood traitorness that got them blasted off 
the Black tapestry? What if Molly (or Arthur) was engaged to some 
Black family member? That might be grounds for dismissal, mighten 
it? (We can be pretty sure cannonically that Molly and Arthur were 
wed of their own free will. After all, one does not risk the wrath 
of the caretaker to midnight stroll with just anyone.) I would also 
assume that the Malfoy and LeStrange marraiges were arranged, while 
the Andromeda and Ted Tonks union was not, for obvious reasons. And 
Janet makes a good point: who is young Draco betrothed to? I snipped 
out the end of the post which mentions Pansy Parkinson, but I think 
that that match has possibilites from a pure blood stand point. But 
I think that the pure blood families might have trouble getting 
together for matchmaking socials, as the majority of those who hold 
such pureblood prejudices probably have a relation or two in Azkaban 
at the moment. Anyways, again apologizing for the rambles. 
Meri (who is slightly weirded out at the mere mention of Malfoy and 
Orlando Bloom in the same sentence, as Draco is much more of a 
Backstreet Boy than an ass-kicking elf boy!)