Mother Molly (was: Some OOTP Questions)

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 125024


Betsy:

I've always read this scene as a bit more of "toxic mom" Molly
coming out. I don't think she does it consciencely, but Molly is
excellent at setting part of her brood against the others. The
twins are her favorite weapon, though I think she thinks she's
trying to keep the twins in check.

But after comments like what you quoted above, it's no wonder the
twins go out of their way to make Ron's job as Prefect hard. Molly
did similar things to Percy. The twins made his life fairly hellish
as well. I know the Weasleys are supposed to be the "perfect"
family, but IMO, Molly is far from the "perfect" mom.

vmonte responds:

You obviously don't come from a large family. This particular scene 
with Fred and George made me laugh because it's a typical moment in 
my family. My mother will look right at me and call me by my sister's 
name, or my cousin's, or her sister's, etc. And I'll often joke in 
the same manner as Fred and George. My mother's response is 
always: "You know what I mean!" Molly is not a bad mother. She is 
tired and stressed out and has a large family to take care of. She 
cares about her children and is over protective because she is still 
traumatized by what happened the first time Voldemort was in power. 
Remember that she lost both her brothers (along with their wives and 
children) in the first war.    

Vivian