[HPforGrownups] Re: Evil! Molly (was E!Lupin)

[Becky Walkden]

No: HPFGUIDX 57918



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "catherinemckiernan"
<catherinemck at h...> wrote:

> She's brilliant, she's the last person anyone would ever suspect,
> she's powerful, cunning, she's Ever So Evil.

I must say that that was a nice summary of canon bits ("canon
fodder"?) to support the Evil!Molly idea.  Let me toss out one other
-- Molly's attitude towards Percy compared to her other children.  I
haven't compiled a list by any means, but Molly is certainly critical
of the twins many times, and I seem to recall her carrying on a bit at
Ron, Bill, and Charlie about various things (e.g., the fang earring).
I simply can't imagine that she would ever have sent Percy a Howler.
Ginny does seem to go unscathed as far as I recall, though now you've
got me wondering if Lucius perhaps had Molly as an ally when he
slipped Riddle's diary into Ginny's book; perhaps we'll be adding
Sacrificial!Ginny to the cast soon.

But Percy is tolerated -- nay, praised -- by his mother a lot,
certainly far more than by any of his siblings (and possibly his
father).  Perhaps it is part of Evil!Molly's plan to engineer Percy's
rise through the ranks at the Ministry -- I won't be all that
surprised if he somehow wangles Crouch's old job.  From there it is a
short step to getting Fudge out of the way (though I have to recall my
anagram of Cornelius Fudge as Lucifer Segundo), and eventually Percy
takes over MoM with help from Mom, emerging soon enough as Fascist!Percy.

ME:  Ever been a mother of a large clan on 6 highly active (and overactive) intelligent boys and one young girl?  Believe me, you'll spend a WHOLE lot of time getting on people's cases.  And I think cannon has shown us more of the confrontations then the loving relationships between Molly and her children so this Evil Molly is another thing I can't buy.  The twins must drive her absolutely nuts at times! But while they may cringe at her anger, they are hardly afraid of her ("And you call yourself our mother!" said in jest first book) and seem to love her very much. And Percy?  Well I doubt a mom would be real quick at seeing his faults and HE doesn't give her so many headaches and has achieved things that would make every mother proud.  Nah, Evil Molly is another example of why we need to get busy reading the next book.  It's been so long, our own hyperactive imaginations are getting the better of us.  Huggs Becky


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