#peanuts violet

I am SO glad you asked, tumblr user beanbag-rat, now i have an excuse to info dump about Peanuts on this blog 😎

From what i understand, Violet Gray lives in an upper class household and her parents are pretty wealthy (they're BOTH college graduates too), because of this she's a snob and tries to be better than everyone else by bragging about her dad (also she's very self conscious about herself)

Though, it's very clear that her dad is very neglectful towards her and I'm pretty sure she brags about him for attention, in this comic strip she brags about him to 5 and in return he says, "My dad goes to PTA meetings!" Implying that her dad doesn't care about her

My guess is that it's because he actually wanted a son, not a daughter, as seen in this comic strip with Violet and Charlie Brown, saying that "My dad has a son!"

(Which is such a crazy response to this)

Also to note, Violet's dad plays bridge and goes bowling VERY often So he's not home at all during the night

In a Father's Day comic, she also mentions that her dad has multiple credit cards, to which Charlie Brown explains to Violet that his dad actually likes him.

Now this is my personal theory/headcanon but the fact that Violet's dad is very wealthy, owns multiple credit cards, plays bridge (which is a card game that you CAN gamble on), and often goes bowling, leads me to believe he has a gambling addiction and that's why he's out so much during the night.

Schroeder tries to raise money for a Beethoven memorial hall. He only gets six cents, but somehow I think six cents in 1956 might still be a bigger sum than it should be. I don't understand economic inflation, and I frankly don't care. Six cents is always six cents. Money is printed paper and created coins. It's not something that naturally develops. So I don't have to care about it.

A Charlie Brown Fright Night - The Three Witches