Am I the only one

[ellendvlmaas]

No: HPFGUIDX 95692

Sienna wrote:
> I don't know whether it's the way she behaves or the fact that 
> the only house-wife portrayed in the HP books is a brow-beating, 
> tyrannical overlord. I accept that she has everyone's best interests 
> at heart and that she loves her family (and even Harry) but it 
> just doesn't sit right with me. I'll accept that she is a powerful 
> witch, but that doesn't give her the right to behave the way she 
> does.  I particularly dislike the way she treats the twins, the 
> way she treated Hermione in GoF, and the way she behaved with 
> Sirius in OotP.


I would have a problem with more than Molly if she was portrayed as 
perfect. One of the big reasons that I like JKR's books so much is 
that she paints such real, complex characters. I get impatient with 
books (and movies) that paint the long-suffering, always-right hero 
and the one-dimensional villian who is nothing but evil and just 
wants to take over the world. Of course, LV is exactly the villian 
I've just described, but he's really not a main character in the 
story, if we're talking screen time here. There are enough "bad 
guys" who are very real and even have a few good qualities, that I 
can overlook the flat, cliche character of LV.

I have equal impatience when the good guys are too perfect. Molly 
may have some bad qualities, but I see her as a very good person, 
perhaps overly-determined to keep her family functioning despite it 
unravelling at the seams. I also see her painted as something of a 
comic-relief character, with her wild emotional swings. Tensions are 
building for her and she's reacting accordingly.

No, I have to vote in support of the poor woman.

Ellen