Sirius and Molly...

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 71665

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> 
wrote:
>  
>  Molly's fears, as shown by the boggart, focus on losing her kids 
(amongst
> whom I'm sure she includes Harry) not exactly helped by Percy's 
behaviour
> (please JKR if you're listening either have him turn out to be a 
spy for OoP
> or have Bill and Charlie go and smack some sense into  him and 
drag him home
> by the scruff of the neck).
> 
> While Sirius isn't (in my opinion) a real danger to Harry per se 
he is a
> threat to Molly. She could easily lose harry to Sirius and I think 
that she
> subconsciously blames Sirius for coming back and threatening her 
role in his
> life. I don't think she actually means to take it out on him so 
much as she
> does but she's worried and he's there, an easy target. She can't 
do anything
> about any of her other fears but him she can pick on.
> 
> K

Your first paragraph I agree with completely (nice thought about 
Bill and Charlie and Percy, too).  I have a different idea about 
what makes Molly afraid of Sirius' relationship to Harry.

I think Molly is afraid of losing any of her family, including 
Harry, to *Voldomort*.  Although she can try to do something to keep 
the youngest Weasleys out of the fight, she is desperate to stop 
Sirius from involving Harry in it.  This attitude echoes what we 
know of her feelings in GoF when Charlie (I believe) reports that 
Molly was happy when she thought that the changed TWT rules would 
prevent any of her loved ones from participating; when she found out 
that Harry was involved after all, she was "having kittens about 
him".  Perhaps she thinks Sirius is seeing Harry too much like James 
(a comrade-in-arms) and not enough like a child who needs the 
adults' protection. 

I think Molly is misguided but very understandable, especially after 
seeing her boggart.  What she said to Sirius was horrible but born 
out of great stress and fear for Harry.  She lashed out with the 
biggest thing she could think of.  It was one huge mistake made by a 
very good person.

Annemehr