OoP - Questions on Molly, Sorting Hat, Old Characters

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 62433

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jenny_ravenclaw" 
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> 1. Molly Weasley - What do you all think of her now?  Why is she in 
> the Order anyway?  What does she do, other than cook and clean and 
not 
> share anything with her children?  Is she a competent witch 
> considering she couldn't even dispel of a boggart or is she 
exhausted 
> and overworked?  Does she see her children as people or as kids 
only?  
> Lastly, does she treat her twin sons poorly, especially when she 
> shoves them out of the way to hug Ron?

I alternated between being really miffed at Molly and feeling, well, 
not sorry for her, but sympathetic towards her.  As far as her 
function in the Order - good question.  I remember at the end of GoF 
I thought that we'd see a different side to Molly.  That there was 
some hidden aspect about her that we'd find out about.  Didn't happen.

I didn't like her at all in the dinner scene at Grimmauld Place.  She 
clearly sees Sirius as a rival for Harry's affections, and is 
unwilling to grant that he has both a duty to Harry, as godfather, 
and also has his own affection for him.  To Molly's mind, that 
doesn't count.  At all.  After all, he's been in prison all this time 
so how could his good intentions possibly equal Molly's?  

Her reaction may be understandable in that she does have genuine love 
for Harry, and probably feels she's entitled because she has had a 
longer period actually being in Harry's life.  But, I thought she was 
out of line throwing Azkaban at Sirius.

But, on the other hand, she is so hurt by Percy's behavior.  Of 
couse, she was the one Weasley who never seemed to think Percy was an 
insufferable git.  But, I also wonder how much her current loss of 
Percy reflects her feelings on *him*, or if they are more about the 
loss of the perfect person she saw in him (Prefect, Head Boy, good 
grades, blah, blah, blah...)  She's such a contrast to Mrs. Black, 
who was probably thrilled that her blood traitor son left.

Molly continues to seem to have a view of the twins that is different 
that what she shows for her other children, at least the ones still 
living at home. It's almost like they're from a different family, and 
just happen to be living under her roof.  I don't mean to imply that 
she doesn't love them, but I don't recall her (in any of the books) 
showing the same level of gushy affection that she had for her other 
kids. I suppose they've been a trial for her from the start as 
trouble-makers, and have been so persistent, that maybe she's given 
up trying to change them.

The whole boggart scene revealed such deep, horrible fears for her 
children.  That got to me. Was that fear so powerful that she simply 
couldn't riddikulus the boggart away? It was almost disturbing in how 
completely paralyzed she was.  Well, she's in for a rough time in the 
worry department with this new war starting. 

Marianne, who would find Molly's mothering style annoying, but would 
take her any day over Mrs. Black!