Dean Thomas, the Weasley Cousins, and Character Backstories

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 150547

 
> bboyminn:

snipping, here and there

 Arthur apparently has several brothers, who are
> likely married, which means that several Weasley cousins do exist. 
But
> since they add no value to the story, we simply don't hear about 
them.
> Although, since Bill's wedding is coming up, I suspect we will meet
> several cousin in the next book, but I also suspect we will only 
meet
> them in passing. In a sense, we will be told that they are there, 
but
> we will never really meet one face-to-face. 
> 
> Here is an example of how we could meet them without actually 
meeting
> them -
> 
> "One the day of the wedding, the Weasley house was a bussle of
> activity. The house and garden were filled with countless Weasley
> uncles, aunts, and cousins. Mrs. Weasley tried to introduce Harry 
to
> everyone, but it made him feel uncomfortable the way they stared at
> his scar. So, Ron, Hermione, and Harry kept to themselves as much 
as
> possible trying to stay at the finges of the maddening crowd."

Potioncat:

No, I think it'll go like this:

Molly will lead Harry to one corner of the yard where a great number 
of young people are standing. "Oh, good, you know everyone here!" 
she says and dashes away before Harry can protest that he doesn't 
know any of them.

Gathering all the courage he can, he holds out his hand and says to 
the closest one, "Hello, I'm Harry Potter."

"Yes, I know. We have Transfiguration together. I'm in Ravenclaw"

The next person says, "We're in DADA together, Hufflepuff."

The next three or four say something along the line of, " Third 
year, Gryffindor..." and so on.


Seamus has a cousin at Hogwarts--at least that's the way I've 
reasoned it out from canon--and I've decided it only makes sense 
that Ron does too.