Beauty /Ghost War/ Chapter 15 discussion - Dark Magic /Fleur/Umb

[juli17 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 152202



Catherine wrote  in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/152096>:

<<  Once Molly sees that Fleur is *really* in it for the long haul,
that she  truly loves Bill for who he is, and not just his looks, she
changes  immediately.>>
 
Catlady replied:

I'm sure Rowling INTENDED that scene to show that  Fleur truly loved
Bill for himself, but it quickly occured to me (I think  I've posted
this before) that it could just as well depict Fleur wanting to  marry
Bill for his money (not inherited money, money that he earned as  a
curse-breaker or as a Gringotts executive).




Julie:
How does she know Bill will ever be able to work again? And how
much does a curse-breaker or a Gringotts executive earn? Couldn't 
Fleur just find herself some other nice-looking guy who earns a 
decent wage, if that's all she cares about? And while she's at it,
maybe a guy who isn't from a "traitor" family with a clock on the 
wall pointing out that said family is constantly in mortal danger--
meaning she is by association also in mortal danger?
 
Not too bright, this Fleur. Besides, if even a healthy  good-looking
Bill is the *best* a golddigging Fleur can do, that doesn't say  much
for the supposedly irresistible seductive powers of a Veela. Or  she
doesn't know how to use those powers the right way!
 
(No offense against our dear, free-spirited Bill Weasley because he's
not exactly a "great catch" in the more avaricious meaning of  the
term!)
 
Julie 


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