Molly-- Thoughts on a witch

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 109740

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Josh Warren" 
<wjwarren4269 at c...> wrote:
 
> I was picturing more of a scene similar to OotP, where Harry 
insists 
> on being told everything that's currently going on, requesting 
extra 
> training, etc. Anything along the lines of "let me into the 
Order." I 
> then visualize Molly, perhaps interrupting whomever is giving a 
more 
> reasonable response, screaming, "Oh Heavens no! You're just a 
child, 
> you should leave this to the adults! Blah blah blah!" Enter Harry, 
> now screaming to be heard over Molly, "I wish I could!"
>
Meri, jumping in: Yes, excellent point. (And that's a great line! So 
indicative of where Harry is in Order.) It would be very interesting 
to see Harry confront some of his elders with their blunders over 
the last five years. As we saw in OotP he has the frustration built 
up, doesn't he? Though I personally like Molly as a character, I 
think she (along with Arthur) does provide a bit of normalcy in a 
mad crazy world as well as a mother figure for Harry, but I also 
agree with those who find her a little domineering and 
mollycoddling. But isn't that a part of growing up? Learning to 
assert yourself against your parental units? Harry is very lucky, 
being an orphan, that he has someone to react against in that 
manner. It is a big part of being a noraml teenager. 
 
> It would be much better overall if DD has a talk with the Order 
(and 
> specifically Molly) about Harry knowing that he is the only one 
that 
> defeat Voldemort, and that his place in the Order needs to be 
> affirmed, all before Harry returns from Privet Drive.

Meri: But how many people in the Order, or even in the WW, know 
about the prophecy and its contents? Not that many, I think. But 
more importantly, how public should that information become? Harry's 
allready terribly well known, and we have seen the consequences of 
that over the last five novels, but if he were to be revealed as a 
savior to the WW in general, then I think things just might cross 
over into insane territory. But I agree that Harry having an 
official role in the Order will go a long way to keeping his spirits 
up and feeling useful (the lack of any direction or action being, I 
suspect, one of the main reasons that the summer between GoF and 
OotP devolved into such a shitty one). But that possition must be, 
as Josh says, affirmed and more importantly respected. Harry should 
be allowed to be involved, and at a high level. He is, after all, 
the one the whole thing is about. 
 
> Which will happen? We dunno, but the odds are 90+% that it'll be 
one 
> or the other. It's almost as sure-fire as Harry wanting to 
distance 
> himself from his friends to protect them (he did have those exact 
> thoughts in OotP halfway through).
> 
> Josh

Meri: Yes, I concur, but let's hope Harry's gotten over the 'go it 
alone' syndrome, because, as we've seen, he can't go very far 
without them. 

Meri - who hopes that next year, between NEWT classes, Quidditch, 
the DA, the Order, and the whole being the target of a seriously 
evil wizard and his twisted henchmen, Harry will at least be able to 
get some sleep...