The Weasleys, I know who you are. You're a Weasley! |
 Feb 16 2009, 07:17 AM
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Buying a Half-Kneazle  Posts: 532 Joined: 1:08pm May 15, 2008 Location: In the rehearsal studio.   |
The Weasleys I know who you are. You're a Weasley! (Draco Malfoy, PS/SS film)  Artwork by diddydums What is it that makes a Weasley a Weaslely? Is it just the red hair and hand-me-down robes, or is there more to it? Let's delve into the Weasley family and find out what makes them so special! The Weasleys have a large family: Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, Ginny, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. What role in the family does each person play? Do the general rules of birth order apply to the Weasley children? What about the fact that Fred and George are twins? Ginny is the only girl with six older brothers. What affect does that have on her? The Weasleys are a very diverse group, but they appear to have a strong, loving family. What holds them together? How do they deal with controversy? How do they survive the hard times? --------------------  thanks fw00per |
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Feb 16 2009, 11:05 AM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 174 Joined: 8:53am September 3, 2008 Location: USA |
They are not just red hair. They all have a strong family bond. They all love each other. Even Percy loves his family and that is shown in DH.
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Feb 16 2009, 12:25 PM
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Property of the Half-Blood Prince  Posts: 5,730 Joined: 10:10pm February 23, 2007 Location: Paying my last respects to Severus Snape  |
I just posted some of these ideas in the chapter 5 thread...didn't even see this one here.
 The Weasleys are a very diverse group, but they appear to have a strong, loving family. What holds them together? How do they deal with controversy? How do they survive the hard times? [indent] I think the only constant thing in the Weasley family has been money. They have had a house, and other small material things, but they have also always had each other. A house is where you live, but a home is anywhere your family is. Ron seems to be embarrassed about not having a ton of money, but he has the one thing Harry only wishes he had...parents who love him. Its that love that gets them through a lot of tough times now and in the next 3 books. Harry and the weasleys are opposites, Harry is "alone" but has all the money in the world, but the Weasleys have no money but all the love/family in the world. --------------------   Albus Severus...you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew." Harry Potter Come visit me at my blog where we discuss the enigma that is Severus Snape |
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Feb 17 2009, 05:37 PM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 100 Joined: 10:20am March 6, 2008 Location: Alabama |
I think another consistant condition of the Weasley family is their status in the Wizarding world. They are a part of an old Wizarding family, which Harry picks up on right from the get go. However, it's not just money that sets them apart from families like the Malfoys, or even "respectable" families that are not necessariy Deatheater families. It's their attitude to Muggles and the whole pure-blood thing. The Weasleys don't consider themselves royalty, even if they are pureblood, with only one Squib in the family (I had sort of hoped the accountant cousin wuld have come to the wedding). While they are not perfect in their understanding of Muggles, they do not consider them less than human.
People like Percy and, to a lesser degree, Ron focus too much on the money aspect of their status and less on the fact that in order to hold to their ideals they will have to accept a lower status (at least until after the second war, I think). Percy especially wants to advance, but I don't think he understands what he would have to give up in order to do that. He wouldn't just become estranged from his family--He would have to change the entire idealogy his parents instilled in him about purebloods and Muggles. -------------------- Ron and angelcakes: Fans of bacon sandwiches since 1991.
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Feb 17 2009, 07:12 PM
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Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 502 Joined: 7:56pm December 28, 2008 Location: Quidditch Pitch, team practice  |
QUOTE(angelcakes @ Feb 17 2009, 08:37 PM)  People like Percy and, to a lesser degree, Ron focus too much on the money aspect of their status and less on the fact that in order to hold to their ideals they will have to accept a lower status (at least until after the second war, I think). Percy especially wants to advance, but I don't think he understands what he would have to give up in order to do that. He wouldn't just become estranged from his family--He would have to change the entire idealogy his parents instilled in him about purebloods and Muggles. I agree with your thoughts on Percy, and in the DH it is shown that he realizes that he was wrong about what he wanted in life. He did not want a huge big status, and lots of money, but instead he realized he wanted the love of his family. I think of the Weasly home as the home you hope to have. You don't want to have some big old manor like Malfoy, but rather you would rather spend your time at the Burrow. That is because in their home, they all do care and love one another, even though they fight and yell a lot. With Ginny as the youngest and only girl, I can see two characteristics that are affected by this. One is as a younger child she seems shy, and her first year of hogwarts she befriended Tom cuz she did not have many friends. I think by having so many older brothers, she was use to be quiet as a younger child. Secondly, she is deffiantly tough. Having to deal with older brothers, she learned how to play quidditch and how to stick up for herself. -------------------- "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry,
but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" |
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Feb 17 2009, 11:12 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 92 Joined: 9:32pm February 2, 2009 |
Something that I think definitely strengthened the bond between the Weasleys is their house. They don't have a very big house, 5 bedrooms I think, so there isn't much space for the whole "this is my space do not invade it" fight that usually happens between sibling. They are brought up sharing everything, and learning how to make the best of what they have, since they don't have an abundance of things. This also makes them very dependent of each other, they always know that they can count on each other to help them out (we see this sooooooo many times in the series!!!)
I also think that from not having a lot of money, the Weasley kids had to improvise ways to have fun, rather than just buying expensive games (are there expensive games in the Wizarding world? In the Muggle world we have video games and computers and other very expensive toys, so I was just wondering if they had similar things in the Wizarding world. I know that they mention toy broomsticks a couple of times in the series - once in GoF during the Quidditch World Cup, and once in DH, in Lilly's letter to Serius) I kinda see the Weasley family as the family everyone wishes they had, but not many people admit it, because I think that what they lack in money, they make up in love and trust for each other! And I absolutely LOVE that picture of the Weasleys!!! I find its such an accurate representation!!! So props to the artist!! This post has been edited by ravenclanna: Feb 17 2009, 11:32 PM |
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Feb 19 2009, 09:10 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 54 Joined: 2:13am February 24, 2007 |
My guess is toy broomsticks are like getting a bike when you are a kid. In CoS Ron talks about breaking Freds? toy broomstick and then having his stuffed animal turned into a spider. I think the weasleys are just a typical normal family in many ways. They work standard jobs and thus don't exactly have the best things money can buy, it's just with the number of kids they have everything is handed down. The Weasley's are the only family we know of in the WW that have more than 2 or 3 kids, and from what we hear a lot of people work for the MoM so if everyone gets paid about the same, and you have 2x as many kids you're going to have 1/2 as much to spend on each compared to everyone else.
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Feb 19 2009, 11:30 PM
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Buying a Half-Kneazle Posts: 502 Joined: 7:56pm December 28, 2008 Location: Quidditch Pitch, team practice |
That is true that the Weasley family is the largest one we read about so that makes me wonder if having a large family like that strengthens a family's bond of love for one another? Of course their are other happy families, but do the Weasleys have the best bond because of their size?
-------------------- "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry,
but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" |
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Feb 20 2009, 07:50 AM
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Saucy Sorceress of the Shrinking Solution Posts: 637 Joined: 3:03pm January 11, 2008 Location: New Jersey |
Having grown up in a family even worse then the Dursleys I was drawn to the Weasley's from our first spotting of them helping Harry through the divide onto the platform.
I think they are everything that is right in the Harry Potter universe. They are flawed, but loving of each other anyway, as proven by their immediate yet "you're not off the hook" welcoming of Percy back into the fold in DH. They love Harry and welcome him into their family, not because he is Harry Potter but because he is Harry the boy who needs them and loves them in return. Molly is an amazing mom. She loves her family more then herself and will do anything for them and the lose of even one is enough to destroy her. I love that they being pure bloods dont act as if that makes them better then anyone else. They seem to get that what makes people good or bad or better or worse is not who they are or who they know but how they are.... I could go on and on but will stop here for now, it is time to get the kids ready for school anyway  I could go on and on about my favorite Wizarding family
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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away siggy by fw00per |
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Feb 21 2009, 09:11 AM
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Gambol and Japes' Research Department Posts: 1,396 Joined: 9:09am July 15, 2005 Location: behind one of the revolving doors |
I've been thinking and trying to come up with another family that is as supportive and intact as the Weasleys are. There are so many other questionable things with how the other wizarding families, we see interact and what they believe. JKR shows us how a family can have their differences and arguements but in the big picture a supportive and loving family wins out in the end. Yes, there were some rough times with Percy but in the long run he came around. I am not saying other families don't love one another but we don't see the cohesiveness and the genuineness as we do with the Weasleys. When it comes down to it, the Weasleys do respect one another even when they don't agree with one another.
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