Why buy Ron Maroon? (Was: Why buy 5 sets of Lockhart's book?

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No: HPFGUIDX 113808

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
 
> Tonks here:
> 
> Maybe Ron has never told her that he hates that color. If he had I 
> think she would have given him a different color. (I think orange is 
> an ugly color, myself.)  Maroon goes more with the Gryffindor colors 
> than orange and maybe Maroon goes better with his other clothes. 
> Also, I know a large family that had a different "favorite" color 
> for each kid. So if the 5th one came along and blue and green and 
> red was already taken.. they had to choose another color. Seems odd 
> to me, but that is the way that family did thing. So maybe it is 
> something like that. Also with a large family if each kid has his 
> own color it would be easier to do the laundry and get it back to 
> the right person.
>SNIP
> I think Molly is a kind and loving mother. Like most teens Ron shows 
> that Mom just is not in touch with the younger generation and their 
> styles. That is not unusual in the Muggle world and I doubt that it 
> is any different in the wizard world. 
> 
> I know some here don't like Molly and Arthur, but I do. If they were 
> real I would love to have them for friends. And Hagrid too!!  And 
> Snape too!  ;-)
> 
> Cheers,
> Tonks_op

imamommy:
I think Arthur and Molly are really good parents; not without their
flaws, but they love their kids and try to do what's best for them.  

Can someone point out a canonical reference to Ron hating maroon?  I
just got the impression that he was sick of it.  Maybe it was his
favorite color once, and he's never updated his mother that orange is
the new maroon.

Another idea: in my husband's family growing up, each kid had a color;
red, yellow, blue or green.  Each kid had his or her toothbrush,
dinner plate, towel, etc. in their signature color so they wouldn't
fight over who used what.  Perhaps this type of system was in place in
the Weasely home, and Molly hasn't quite gotten used to the fact that
her kids have outgrown this stage.  

imamommy
Raising teenagers is like nailing jello to a tree.