[HPforGrownups] Re: Fabian & Gideon's namesakes

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 112242

>> Carol:
>> Not very tactful, as George's "What are Fred and
>> I? Next-door neighbors?" reminds her, but understandable
>> regardless.

> Finwitch:
> 
> And I think Fred&George understand that, too - George is just
> kidding
> - of course. Making a joke out of *everything* possible.


Actually, I don't think George (or Fred) did see it as a joke.  That
was really a take-your-breath-away insensitive comment of Molly's
("That's everyone in the family!").  George's response is a pretty
restrained comment, IMO.

At this early point in OOTP, Molly is still grappling with Percy's
defection from the family.  Her perfect son, the one she holds up for
the younger ones to emulate, has turned on the family but in August
she's still hanging onto his image as some kind of touchstone of good
behaviour.  The twins are still the antithesis of perfection, the
ones who trash the rules and pursue activities she disapproves of
(Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes).  

It's only as the year progresses that she starts to adjust her
perspective and become more inclusive and less hectoring towards the
twins and Ron.  Now that Percy's not in the way, she can actually see
them as individuals, not just as not-Percy's of various degrees.

I predict in Book 6 that we'll see that Molly has managed to accept
the joke shop and the twins' dreams with more enthusiasm than she's
shown to date.

Magda

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