[HPforGrownups] OoP: Sirius foreshadowing and Ron's gift

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 65798

>Sirius behaved like someone who was disgusted with his life and was
>looking for one more fight. He was in the house he hated, being
>insulted by the man he used to dominate, not considered worthy to be
>a decent parent figure to Harry and left out of the real action.
>
Yup.  And that *should* be an enormous lesson to harry to cultivate some 
self-discipline.  Whether he learns the right lesson out of this remains to 
be seen.

>The way I see Molly is that she, somewhat like Sirius, is trying to
>give Harry 10 years worth of proper parenting.
>
Molly is also a rather black and white, fiercely overprotective mother hen.  
I've no doubt her boggart was sincere, and it's reminded me of other mothers 
who really were that frightened - but they need to work at getting over 
their own fear, they can't expect to keep all of their loved ones penned up 
and tied to apron strings.  Molly tends to be unforgiving of anyone she 
thinks has threatened or harmed one of those she loves - that makes her a 
bit fierce.  But I'm more inclined to go easy on Molly; she really 
accomplishes and has accomplished a lot, and soldiers on, frightened as she 
may be for those she loves.

>Harry is what he is, a 15-year-old kid, and needs to be treated as
>such. Snape, believe it or not, had the right idea, when he talked
>about trying to treat Harry as any other kid. (Of course, since Snape
>treats all students except Slyths as pond scum, perhaps he's not the
>best example.)
>
LOL - I agree with you soundly on this.  Snape needs to pull up his 
standards, but he's sort of right.

>Molly is trying to treat him like he's 5 and Sirius like he's 25. No
>wonder he gets aggravated at both of them.
>
Yeah - since he splits the difference.

>Anyone remember Hermione talking about Ron's "unusual" perfume.
>
>Man, that just goes to show how dense Ron is. Anytime a girl
>says "unusual" about something she is expected to pour on her skin,
>she is saying, "I would wear botuber pus before I wore this."
>
>Darrin
>-- I knew more about women at 15 than these chuckleheads. I mean, I
>wasn't an expert, but I knew not to buy unusual perfume!
>
Good on you, Darrin!  And given the large number of young people we have on 
here - I know there's no age limit, it just keeps surprising me given the 
list title - comments like these are excellent educational opportunities!  
:-)

Tip, guys:  never, ever let a salesman talk you into something under the 
label "something a little different" - I've had two horrible engagement 
rings bought for me under that guise - not that I didn't just accept them 
and the symbolism behind them, but the fact is that a guy, who is more 
likely to be insecure about not being "different" enough, got suckered in by 
a salesman trying to sell a custom commission, made for one specific couple 
and then abandoned.  Girls generally want classic stuff in such situations - 
yes, frankly, we do like something that's going to get admired by our 
friends and critical female relatives - no "unusual" perfume or weird 
assymetrical garish jewelry - and it's better to be a bit cautious unless 
you know specifically what she wants - because you've asked, she's said, or 
you've gotten your younger sister (like Miss Ginny) to do a bit of sleuthing 
and tell you.

Felinia

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