Molly Weasley, and the one scene that got to me in GoF...

[rose590 at yahoo.com]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Eric Oppen" <oppen at c...> wrote:
> I like Molly Weasley a lot, not least for the way she bonded to 
Harry as the
> "mother" he never had the chance to know---and, for the first time, 
Harry's
> experiencing a mother's love, even though Molly's not his 
biological mother.
> She's far more a mother to him, and a far better mother in every 
way, than
Petunia Dursley is to either Harry OR Dudley.

...but when Molly comforted him for the first time in his life, _this_
> nearly broke his iron self-control!  This, alone, tells us a lot 
about just
> how barren and bleak his life is chez Dursley, even if we didn't 
already
> know about it from seeing him with that charming family.  
(Whimpering
> house-elf-style apologies for getting so fervent, but I _really 
*really*
> REALLY_ dislike child-abusers...if Voldie were going after them 
instead of
> Muggles and Muggle-borns, I'd be cheering and screaming and giving 
him
> pointers.)
> 

The great mushball that I am wholeheartedly agrees with you on this.  
As I mentioned a few digests ago about Sirius Black, I have a real 
soft spot for anyone who shows genuine love and concern for Harry.  
It melts my heart and makes me cry every time.

It truly amazes me also that Harry has grown up to be such a 
wonderful young man with so much concern for other people after a 
lifetime of "abuse" from the Dursleys.  It gives the old nature vs. 
nurture argument a real run for its money.

Rose :) (an official Harry Potter sap)