Mrs. Weasley

[dcyasser]

No: HPFGUIDX 44923

--->  Freya writes:
> 
> > I don't see Molly as some horrible parent.  The go naked comment 
was
> > a reaction to Ron saying he wouldn't wear the second hand one.  
I'm
> > sure she is just as frustrated that she cannot provide brand new
> > things for each of her children and she must be tired of having to
> > state over and over the obviouse, lack of funds.  We see her being
> > nice to Harry and I don't find that out of sorts.  I think she 
feels
> > very sorry for poor no family Harry.  She tries to mother him in a
> > way.  That does not mean she is taking away from her own chilern 
to
> > do so.
> 

Ah, but I do think she is taking away, because when she appears at 
Hogwarts in GoF, she has moved beyond simply sharing with Harry what 
she gives to Ron. She (and Bill, too) are there entirely for Harry, 
and Ron doesn't even know about it. 

Since everyone is revealing their Weasley-like pedigree, I will 
add for the record that I am the sixth out of seven. I remember 
looking through my sister's clothes and picking out the things I 
couldn't wait to get handed down to me.  And we often had "extra" 
kids around the house, adding to the mayhem, having meals, getting 
attention from my mom. However, she would never have shown up at my 
school, without my knowledge and/or OK, to stand in as surrogate 
parent for a classmate, while not showing all that much interest in 
how I was doing...

I think this plays into Ron's psyche more than the money, the hand-me-
downs, the maroon and the corned beef.  In the hands of an expert 
manipulator, (and we do know some!) this could be construed as 
betrayal - Molly throwing over Ron in favor of famous Harry. 

- Dona
who is having all of her siblings to her house this weekend.