Molly-- Thoughts from a different perspective

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 109544

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "huntergreen_3" <patientx3 at a...>
wrote:
> Josh wrote:
> >>  Yes, absolutely Molly  is very well intentioned, but she's
certainly a terror... and I'm still counting her among the short list
Harry is going to tell off rather convincingly in the nearer chapters
of HPB. She deserves it!<<


> HunterGreen:
> But does she deserve it *from Harry*? She's the closest thing to a 
> mother that Harry has ever known (Lily can't count because he barely 
> even remembers her). And many of the things she's done to her own 
> children (listed in the original post, like playing favorites) Harry 
> hasn't had to experience. 
>
> ...edited...
> 
> Huntergreen

Asian_lovr2:

I'm going to bend the rules a little bit with some fan fiction. I
could just ramble on and on trying to make my point, but I think this
bit of FF will do it in fewer words ...or at least I hope it will, not
that often that I succeed at 'fewer words'.

SCENE:
Summer time, late night at the Burrow, Harry and Hermione have come
for a visits. All this kids are there including Charlie, Bill, and
Percy. They have just demolished one of Molly's great meals when Harry
gets an attack of the Blues; a sudden melancholy feeling that he can
be with people, but he can never be a part of them. He can never truly
be one of them. To cheer him up, the Weasley perform a ceremony in the
kitchen that makes Harry an official member of the Weasley family.
It's not about legal documents, this is an affair of the heart and the
spirit.

. . . . . . . . . 

As their tears slowed, Ron and Harry slowly broke their embrace, and
wiped their eyes.

Mrs. Weasley looked up at the clock, "Look at the time now, you four,
outside and start cleaning up. And you, Harry! I swear you are going
worry me to death. Why if I didn't know Ron was there to help you, I'd
probably be dead already. Chasing monsters, fighting wizards and never
with a concern that I'm here worrying myself sick."

Harry had tears streaming down his cheeks again, but he had a smile so
wide it almost broke his face. She was scolding him. For the first
time ever she was scolding him. If that didn't make it official, Harry
didn't know what did.

Mrs. Weasley turned to the sink and fiddled with pots and pans, Harry
could hear her sniffling as she muttered to herself, " .......
ungrateful ....... work my fingers to the bone ........ never a
minutes peace ......... going to be the death of me ....."

Mrs. Weasley spun around and fixed them in a glare, "...and you two,
why I swear if I get any more owls from the school about you two, I
don't know what I'll do. I thought Fred and George set the record, but
at the rate you two are going you'll have that record beat in no time.
And believe me that is one record you will not enjoy breaking. Now off
to bed with you. And try to keep it quiet, I swear you were stampeding
elephants last night. Go on now. Get going."

That was like the voice of angels to Harry, the sweet sound of a
mother's love.

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

See my point?

One thing you do not want from Molly is cold stoney silence, THEN you
are in real trouble, like DEAD MAN trouble. As long as Molly is
expressing herself, you know she cares, and you know life is normal at
the Weasley house. 

In a large house like the Weasley's, especially with that many
brothers, you learn to express yourself. If you don't, you get lost in
the crowd, and your needs are never met. Being the youngest boy, to
some extent, that's what's happened to Ron. 

And, imagine what a mad house Molly had to manage when most of the
boys were at home; babies to feed, keeping track of Fred and George,
mediating all the wars that typically break out between brothers. I
don't think THAT is a house that can be ruled by a mother with a soft
gentle voice and an unassuming manner. Molly had to be hard and fast
to keep the chaos to a minimum.

This is not a family that sits in brooding silents and lets their
emotions fester. They flair up, get it out, then move on with life as
normal. That's actually a reasonably healthy approach.

Well, if I want to stick to my 'few words' vow, I better stop now.

Steve/asian_lovr2