More on the Weasleys

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Penny Linsenmayer" <pennylin at s...> wrote:
>Snip lot's of good Weasley stuff from Penny<

In defense of Molly(which there seems to be plenty of :)), what about 
the fact that all of this is being seen through Harry's eyes? His 
opinions about her various children color how he percieves her 
reactions with them, and so also color how we, the readers, see them.
Harry has never had a mother/mother figure in his life, so her 
attentions seem even more extreme than they would to somone who grew 
up with a mom. He's just not used to being hugged, or exclaimed over, 
and so when he is, it seems huge and monumental. Also, Ron is 
probably thrilled to have Molly vent her motherly exuerance in any 
direction but his. What 14 year old guy wants to be hugged in 
public?? Bad enough to have your nose rubbed...
Harry finds Fred and George hilarious, and all around fun guys, and 
so sees Molly's punishment of them as over reactive and unfair. In 
the same vein, Bill is 'cool', so why does Molly have to go off on 
him for his hair and his earring?? 
Percy, on the other hand, is annoying, pompous, and 'perfect', and so 
it seems to Harry that Molly unfairly favors him. 
Harry is closest to Ron, and so hears Ron's grievances the most, 
making it seem to him that Ron has it worst of all. Harry would be 
more likely to sympathize with Ron than, say, Fred. When Fred gets a 
robe he doesn't like, if he gripes(which i get the feeling is not a 
very Fred and George thing to do), Harry would be less likely to 
dwell on it than on Ron's situation.
That, anyway, is the way I've always interpreted Molly's seemingly 
biased actions towards her children. Or wanted to.

Much love for Weasleys,
Molly (Who doesn't love a character with her own name?)

PS- On a totally unrelated note, I realized today as I read through 
the Fellowship of the Ring for about the fiftieth time that Gandalf 
once wishes above all else for warmer feet. That made me laugh, 
thinking of Dumbledore's wish for warm socks. Is there something 
about great wizards and their feet??