Am I the only one

[galarieloflothlorien]

No: HPFGUIDX 95731

I haven't read all the replies on this thread (I'm new here and they 
are scattered all over the place) but I have got a couple of points 
to contest.  The first point being with Hermione in GoF


Now we all know that Molly loves to mother Harry.  She washed his 
socks, buttered his toast and forced him to eat fourth helpings at 
every meal (CoS).  When she reads Skeeter's article in Witch Weekly 
she goes in all guns blazing believing that Hermione is actually 
screwing him around.  Molly, loving Harry as her own, naturally wants 
to defend him and this is the reason why she is so cagey with 
Hermione in the latter half of GoF.  When Harry clears up the mis 
understanding she is fine.  This is becuase Molly doesn't have a 
problem with Hermione but is just being over protective of Harry.  
This is also evident in Azkaban when she says:

"Do you really want to send Harry back to school with that hanging 
over him? For heaven's sake, he's happy not knowing!"

Here Molly is being the typical over protective mother.  She is 
totally underestimating Harry here, believing him to be more 
vulnerable than maybe he is, but is that not typical of a mother?  
She just wants to protect him - even when he doesn't need 
protecting.  


As for her stabs at Sirius in OoP, that is easily explained.  Molly 
wants Harry to be part of her family.  Sirius, she sees as taking 
Harry away from her.  When she has a go at Sirius for not being there 
it is becuase she is trying to claim Harry as part of her family for 
fear of losing him.  She is jealous that Harry has someone else to 
make a family with.  Molly is obviously faulted but so we all are.  
It's understanding these faults that is the key.