Molly is not ESE!

[vmonte]

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Betsy wrote:

However, that's not what Molly is doing. In her subtle way (and I
hope it's unconscious - though the Redhen article has me rethinking
that - thanks Julia!) Molly has just set the twins on Ron. She has
just made absolutely sure that Fred and George will see Ron as an
enemy. And it works. The twins give Ron a much harder time than
usual in OotP.

And I do think the proof is in the pudding. Her three oldest boys
have little to do with her. (Bill and Charlie are out of the country
and Percy has refused her entrance to his place.) Ron has resented
Molly since we first meet him in PS/SS, and Ginny ignores any rules
Molly sets down.


vmonte responds:

The twins do not see Ron as the enemy. (I'm sorry, but isn't there 
anyone on this site that has grown up with a family that teases each 
other?) My brother is very much like F&G and he is deeply loved by my 
entire family--relatives included. He is the first person anyone 
calls when they are in trouble; and the first person invited to any 
party. He is the one person in my entire family that has the ability 
to diffuse tense moments in such a way that lets everyone know when 
we are taking ourselves too seriously. Percy unfortunately, has no 
sense of humor about himself. I love the scene were F&G give Neville 
a canary crème and Neville turns into a canary. I like that Neville 
is able to laugh about it just as much as everyone else--that says a 
lot about him, IMO. Percy on the other hand, would not have handled 
that well.  

And I do not believe that F&G hate their brothers. They are joking 
around and are obviously the clowns of the family. In fact, I think 
that the fact that they are disappointed in Percy for not going to 
the hospital points to the fact that they care about him and are 
upset by what he is doing. 

And Percy is behaving very badly (I keep hoping that he is working 
for Dumbledore as a spy or that he will realize what a jerk he has 
been). Bill and Charlie are grown men with their own lives; and that 
is the reason why they live outside the country (not because they 
hate their mother).  

What I am sure about though, is that this family will stick together 
when things get tough (unlike the Malfoys). 

Vivian