OOP: Disappointing AND Excellent

susanbones2003 rdas at facstaff.wisc.edu
Sat Jul 5 13:15:25 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 67568

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "joywitch_m_curmudgeon" 
<joym999 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amy Z" <lupinesque at y...> 
wrote:
> I just love this, too, although she takes it to offense extremes, 
> e.g. her dislike of fat people.
Me:
Hey, Molly's plump! JKR doesn't rant about her! Neville's on the 
plumpish side too from descriptions. (Round-faced....) I think she 
just hates mean, bullying fat people.  (I happen to be one of the 
nice, shy fat people myself....)


 From the post:
Molly is the 
> stereotypical overbearing mother and housewife -- I don't think 
> there's any way around that.
> 

Me:
And whether you liked her or not, Molly got developed in ways that 
were complicated and not particularly attractive. She became a much 
fuller character so it wasn't just evil Ministry women that she 
delved into.

> I think that her further development of Neville makes it even 
clearer 
> that Neville will play an extremely important role in the final 
> whatever-the-hell-it-is she has planned for book 7.
> 
> --Joywitch

Amen to that sister, preach it!
J





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