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

[Indigo]

No: HPFGUIDX 19593

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ebony Elizabeth Thomas" <ebonyink at h...> 
wrote:
> 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:

Actually that's my response below [ending in "at least peripherally 
through Ron"]...
> 
> >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].
> >

And Vicky's response begins here: 

> >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?  
> ;-))

Shippers of all fandoms can get scary.  Love is a potent topic.
> 
> 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
> 

Actually, in GoF, I believe Rita made Hermione out to be playing Krum 
and Harry for lovesick fools, toying with their emotions and breaking 
Harry's heart while he pined away for her.

Mrs. Weasley is very protective of Harry, given that she knows what 
he goes through with the Dursleys.  So she probably got her hackles 
up that someone else was treating him poorly, and didn't stop to 
think.

I guess the Weasley impulsive streak is not solely a trait that goes 
with the red hair.

Indigo