[HPforGrownups] Re: Why buy Ron Maroon? (Was: Why buy 5 sets of Lockhart's book?

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Kaylee:

I do feel sorry for ickle Ronniekins though. Maroon? Hmph. I don't like maroon either. I only eat corned beef once a year, on St. Patrick's Day. It tastes okay, but it's served with cabbage, which I hate. :-(


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.

As to the robes. Molly like most adults probably doesn't know what 
is "in". And this is the wizard world. Men might well wear lace on 
their robes, we don't know.

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