OOP: Grimmauld Place/In Defense of Harry and Molly

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 66621




 I have been lurking for a few days due to the sheer volume of 
posts. I have since given up on trying to read everything and am 
only reading the last 40 or so since the last time I had been on the 
list, which is still every evening but I would have to be on all day 
at work to keep up and that simply isn't possible. ( I also switched 
to webview to save room in my e-mail box for messages from my 
mother.)  That said, I do have a few comments on recent threads and 
I hope I am not repeating  anyone else's comeents but here goes.

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   greatlit2003 wrote:

> Was Sirius's mother born into the Black 
>family? Her portrait kept referring to 12 Grimmauld Place as 'the 
> house of my fathers'. If she was born a Black, why does Sirius 
have 
> her last name and not his father's?

Me(Linda):
 
 I actually wonder if 12 Grimmauld Place belonged to the Black 
family in the first place. Could it be that Sirius's mother was the 
last of another line of pureblood wizards and once married to Black 
they moved into *her* ancesteral home? The only names on the 
tapestry that we are given surnames for are Belatrix, Narcissa, the 
Malfoys and the surname of Tonk's muggle father. We really don't 
know anything about *Mommy dearest's* family at all.  If she is the 
last of her family, it would explain her maniacal drive to keep the 
family name of her husband pure. It would be the only name she has 
left. 




  Izaskun wrote:
             
>  when Harry meets Dudley
> before the Dementor's attack. He really wants his cousin to give 
him an
> excuse to fight him, to use his magic wand against him, he's so 
angry and
> frustrated that he feels the only thing that would help him is 
jinxing
> Dudley, and had the Dementor's not appeared I'm not so sure he 
wouldn't have
> cursed Big D. He would have taken advantadge of his powers, his 
magical
> ability against a poor muggle, and yes I'm talking about Dudley, 
he can be
> whatever you want, but he's still totally powerless against a 
wizard, Harry
> is more powerful and he knows it, so it really worried me when I 
read it.
> He's not aware of the true extent of his powers, or maybe he is 
(and that's
> even more scaring) and yet he's willing to use these powers 
against weaker
> people.


Me again:

 I really don't think Harry would have attacked Dudley. When 
thinking about the possible fight with D's gang, he only considers 
using the wand if one of the boys starts to hit him. He is in effect 
half wishing for something he doesn't really want to happen (IMO).  
When D and his friends don't notice Harry he resists the urge to 
call after them. He even reminds himself that he must not use magic 
because he does not want to risk expulsion. As far as Harry 
threatening Dudley with the wand, Harry doesn't bring it up, Dudley 
does. He taunts him about thinking he's a "big man carrying that 
thing". Only then does Harry pull out his wand. That taunt probably 
saved both Harry and Dudley's lives.



 I also wanted to comment on the thread involving Molly's 
shortcomings. Over the last few months I have seen quite a few posts 
theorizing the death of a Weasley child during the first war. In the 
recent thread someone(sorry I tried to find it) mentioned that this 
could account for Molly's overprotective behavior. I don't discount 
this idea; indeed I find it highly plausible. However, IMO, it 
wouldn't be necessary. Isn't the fact that she lived through the 
terror of Voldemort's rise to power with seven young children 
enough? Especially since her husband, who I'm sure was even known 
then as a muggle lover, worked at the ministry? She probably felt 
like her entire family was a target the entire time VOldemort was in 
power. That kind of daily fear can change the way you live the rest 
of your life.


just my two knuts- Linda