[HPforGrownups] Evil Molly!

[Wendy St John]

No: HPFGUIDX 75934

I wrote:

"The one argument against Betrayer!Molly (other than simply believing in
Molly's innate goodness) is that I don't see her being willing to betray
Harry. I don't think she would ever give him to Voldemort - she considers
him to be one of "her own." However, if she thought there was any way she
could betray the Order while saving her family and Harry, I *know* she
would consider it. Who wouldn't  *consider* it? Whether or not she'll
actually *do* it? Well, we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?"

To which Melanie replied:

"I was working on this very theory a second ago!  I love Molly to death
mind you.  But people act odd when they are promised to protect the people
the care about.  Molly may be very trusting...what if somebody promised to
not hurt Harry..if they give information up?  

Or what if she betrayed somebody like hermione instead?  They could use
hermione to acquire information. "

Now me again (Wendy):

Ooh - Molly betrays Hermione? This is really, really ugly. But there's a
precedent for it, isn't there? Molly sure was quick to turn on Hermione in
GoF, based on what was written in the newspaper. You could be on to
something here, Melanie. As I said, I don't see Molly intentionally
betraying Harry. But I don't think she considers Hermione one of "her own."
There's also the possibility of shipping coming into play again - maybe
Molly is aware that Ron has feelings for Hermione, and this affects her
decision (if, for example, Hermione rejects Ron and hurts him that way, or
perhaps Molly doesn't think she's good enough for her little boy). This is
starting to make Molly sound much worse (more petty and spiteful) than I'd
imagined. But, as I said, there is a precedent for it. Molly has been petty
and spiteful before, and with really very little provocation, IMO. Come to
think of it, in another post Dan questioned my theory on the basis that
Molly isn't stupid enough to trust Voldemort. Well, she was stupid enough
to believe what was written in Witch World Weekly (or was it the Daily
Prophet, don't remember off-hand), and behave spitefully towards Hermione
because of it. So yes, we definitely have a precedent for Molly making what
appears to be less-than-stellar decisions based upon flimsy evidence. So,
if Molly gets desperate enough, I say there's no telling what she could do
to protect her family.

:-)

Wendy