Molly (was Re: Lockhart - Yuck! and the women who love him)

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

No: HPFGUIDX 19578

Apologies for having lost the original poster here:
> > Ah ... but Molly Weasley also believed all the garbage that Rita
> > Skeeter wrote about Hermione. Remember how badly she treated
>Hermione
> > after she read Rita's column?

Vicky responded:

>This is true too and I was just as shocked to see that, given that
>Mrs. Weasley has known Hermione for four years now [or at least
>peripherally through Ron].
>
>That's just it. Molly doesn't really know Hermione. But then, I would think 
>Molly would know not to trust Rita Skeeter. I mean, after all the 
>fraudulent articles on the Ministry's actions...
>


LOL!  I brought this up a few months ago, but it was in the middle of our 
last Great Ship Debate, and the list becomes a Very Scary Place when the 
shippers go at it.  (Isn't it nice that we've matured so much since then?  
;-))

Earlier this week, Heidi did a great post on the difference between a news 
daily like the *Daily Prophet* and a women's mag like *Witch Weekly*.  The 
fact that Molly treated Hermione in such a fashion based on hearsay alone 
made me bothered me in GoF.

What we do not know is *why* Molly believed the articles, or what in the 
articles specifically led her to question Hermione's character, which as any 
die-hard Hermione fan will tell you, is beyond reproach.  ;-)

--Ebony



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