To Molly and Arthur's Defense Was:Re: Molly-- Thoughts on a witch

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 109587

Sophierom:

Oops! How embarrassing. Didn't mean to post that yet ... sorry about the short post.  

Anyway, what I meant to say in the previous post was that I think both Molly and Arthur 
have done a fairly good job with Harry so far in the series.  I think what we're expecting of 
the two of them is somewhat akin to what Harry was expecting of his father or 
Dumbledore - perfection! Yes, Molly seems to wear the pants in the family, so to speak, 
but Arthur actually does step up in critical situations (don't have my book with me right 
now, but OOTP scene where Molly and Sirius are arguing, doesn't Arthur quietly contest 
Molly's overprotective -ness and argue that Harry should hear what's going on? Or, am I 
just imagining this? Sorry for the uninformed nature of the post, but honestly, I wasn't 
sure I was going to post and then I accidentally hit reply and now I feel the need to say 
something!)

Also, has Arthur really had his spirit "beaten" out of him, as Josh suggested in a previous 
post? Or, has Arthur recognized that Molly is best equipped to run the ship, so to speak? 
He's always running around at the Ministry. it seems only fair that Molly take control of the 
day to day activities at the house.

My last inane comment (i really am sorry about this whole posting fiasco!): I think Molly, if 
she's going to be brought down a notch (and I'm not sure that she needs it), will be moved 
more by actions than  by words.  So, Harry or anyone else telling her off doesn't seem like 
it would be that effective.  Perhaps Percy will be caught up in Fudge's demise or, even 
worse, caught in some sort of Death Eater situation (not as a DE himself but, as others 
have suggested, perhaps he'll be a sort of Bagman character of this new war).  Perhaps 
then she'll realize that those children she's been trying to "set straight" (Fred and George, 
for example) may have better sense than her perfect child (like Percy).  

Okay, sorry one last time about posting when I wasn't really prepared to do so.  Please just 
ignore!

Best,
Sophierom