Molly-- Thoughts on a witch

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 109711

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Josh Warren" 
<wjwarren4269 at c...> wrote:
> 
> 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. 
> 

Since, as you point out, Harry has already exploded verbally and 
physically and trashed Dumbledore's office, wouldn't it be 
anti-climactic for him to explode again? How would it move the 
story forward if events unfolded as you suggest? Wouldn't it be 
more satisfying if Petunia got the thrashing instead?

 I'm curious about how you see Molly reacting. What's she going 
to do? Duel with Harry? Burst into tears? Meekly tell Harry yes, 
you're ready to be a grownup now, here's your lunchbox and be 
careful crossing streets? <g> You see the contradiction, I hope.

If Harry needs  validation from Molly to prove to himself that he 
shouldn't be treated as a child, that in itself is childish.

If you think she's going to let him in on all the secrets of the 
Order from now on, I'm not convinced she  knows them. "Need to 
know" is a standard operating procedure in secret organizations, 
not something Dumbledore thought up to torture Harry.

I don't believe  Molly knew any more than the cover story: that 
there was something in the Department of Mysteries that 
Voldemort wanted to use as a weapon against Harry. That would 
certainly have been enough to fire her protective instincts, the 
same sort of thing that made me want to tell my child to put on a 
sweater when *I* was cold. Molly would have been happier not 
knowing that the Dark Lord was plotting against Harry, therefore 
Harry will be happier not knowing, therefore he shouldn't be told.

Dumbledore knows now that Harry has the power to overcome 
the mindlink. If there are things DD is still withholding (and 
obviously there are) it is because they are other people's 
secrets, or because he doesn't think Harry needs to know them 
to do his part. There's no reason to think that information would 
be given to Molly and not Harry.

Pippin