OOtP: Molly's Shortcomings

[jsmithqwert]

No: HPFGUIDX 66326

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ignacio" <whammer11 at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "megalynn44" 
<megalynn44 at h...> 
> wrote:
> > I also found it irritating that, of all the people coming in and 
> out 
> > of the Black house, Molly was the only one to cook and organize 
the 
> > cleaning.  Penny, I wondered too what exactly she was doing for 
the 
> > Order, as I didn't see her do more than fuss over her family and 
> > Harryand criticize Sirius and Mundungus.  
> > > --jenny from ravenclaw, 
> > 
> > Now Me:
> > 
> > I would like to defend Molly now. She is a stereotypical MOTHER. 
> She 
> > fuses and fretts and LOVES. She barks but she doesn't bite. She 
> would 
> > never disown one of her kids. She will always be there for them, 
> and 
> > if her encouraging and pushing her kids to be good at school is a 
> bad 
> > thing, then I think we have forgotten what a parent is. Even when 
> > Percy said those Horribly outrageous things to Arther she still 
> went 
> > to London to try to patch things up. She took Harry in without a 
> > second thought and loves him like her own child. She is a 
wonderful 
> > asset not only to the kids but the order. Everyone needs a 
mother, 
> > even the Order of the Pheonix, they need someone to care for 
> everyone 
> > and be there for everyone.
> > 
> > 
> > I asked before OOP what did Molly do with her time? If the 
> Weasley's 
> > were so strapped for cash why didn't she get a job, the kids are 
> out 
> > of the house most the year. However, now it is evident that that 
is 
> > where she is in her element. She seems most talented at running a 
> > household, and even though, especially today, not many people 
value 
> > that, I think she is a valuable asset being the person she is. 
> > 
> > Just my two knuts
> > 
> > ~Megalynn
> 

I agree that she is quite valuble as a homemaker, even to the order.  
If she didn't clean the house, do the laundry, see to the children, 
coordinate schedules/meetings and messages, and generally handle a 
lot of the logistical things for the order, who would?  Surely they 
can't have people comming and going and leaving messages and going to 
meetings without providing a place to stay if they're comming from 
far off or without a meal if they're schedules are full, which I am 
sure they are.  Additionally, after the house is clean and the kids 
are off to school, she probably does other important things for the 
order, like buy supplys, chat up the merchants in Diagon Alley (who 
are probably a hive of imformation), etc. . .  Molly excells at being 
a support wife and mother.  As a member of the order, she seems to be 
sacrificing herself emotionally and physically to take on that 
capacity for a lot more people who can then concentrate on doing the 
things that they do best, like tracking down and spying on Voldemort.

jsmithqwert