Rita Skeeter's Article

[Stacy Stroud]

No: HPFGUIDX 42826

Darrin wrote:

>But I do have a theory: We know that Molly, Hermione and Ginny have 
>engaged in quite a bit of girl talk and presumably Ginny and Hermione 
>probably have as well, which might have been reported back to Molly.


There's another factor worth considering here as well.  When Harry overhears Mrs. Weasley, Hermione, and Ginny having their girl talk (is this early GoF or an earlier book?), they are specifically giggling over Molly's girlhood misadventures with love potions.  Rita's article about Hermione accuses her of using love potions to beguile famous boys (Harry and Viktor).  So it's possible that Molly's usual distrust of Rita Skeeter and past experience with Hermione were overshadowed by her quite personal knowledge that young girls sometimes do stupid things with love potions, and perhaps even by the fear that *she'd* been the one to give Hermione the idea.


Stacy Stroud (deadstop at wombatzone.com)
Hex Entertainment, Inc (http://www.hexgames.com)