Molly-- Thoughts on a witch

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 109693

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "huntergreen_3" 
<patientx3 at a...> wrote:
> HunterGreen:
> Wow, I decide to wait until after work to post my reply and about 5 
> people beat me to it! I stil feel like you haven't answered my 
> original question, though Josh, which was, what has Molly, 
> SPECIFICALLY, done to Harry to make him tell her off?

Heh... let's go with teenage perception. Harry isn't going to blame 
Sirius, and he's already taken out frustrations on DD already... 
though there are probably some more to go in that direction. Molly is 
undoubtedly one of the biggest proponents in the Order of "Harry is 
just a child." Is she an influence? *shrugs* Harry won't care.

However, the specific action I'm looking for is theoretical. I'm 
waiting for the next time Molly pulls the "child" thing out of her 
mouth. At this point, Harry would be quite right, as you seem to 
agree, to pull everything H/LV out and throw it in her face. Mix in 
with that his being a teenager, and it won't be any prettier than the 
remains of DD's office. I think we can also agree that Molly won't 
take a verbal thrashing as... laid back as DD did. 

Molly and DD are the two closest things to parental figures. Harry is 
a teenager, and one of the most universal parts of being a teenager 
is rebelling against those same parental figures. DD might know 
better at this point, but Molly, even if she does hear from DD, will 
still put her neck on the chopping block. 

Even if Harry starts off against the Order as a whole, it is still 
Molly who would most quickly come out objecting and with the "child" 
arguement. Squeaky wheel gets the grease. *shrugs*


A lot of this Molly thread reminds me of a 'defending Ron' thread on 
another group. Stubbornness and loyalty taken too far is a common 
trait between Molly, Ron, and Percy. Just because Molly and Ron do it 
defending Harry (et al.) doesn't excuse them. I'm not saying I hate 
either one of them... or that they aren't good over-all... just that 
they need to be... educated. :-)

Josh