Molly is not ESE!

[vmonte]

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Del wrote:
Agreed. But does that mean that the Twins have a right to persecute
him the way they do? Does it mean that they have a right to demand
that he develops a sense of humour?
I have friends who have no sense of humor, and I refrain from the
slightest teasing with them, because I just know they won't get it and
can get hurt easily. Inversely, I have friends who just love being
teased, so I engage in heavy teasing with them. Learning how people
like to be treated and acting accordingly is part of loving them IMO.

vmonte responds:
We are not talking about friends here we are talking about family.
These boys have grown up together. I'm sure that Fred and George have
been the way they are now from birth. I'm sure they teased Percy at
ages 4,5,6,etc. The twins cannot change their personality any more
than Percy can. And I'm pretty sure they are used to each other by
now.

I think it's important to have a sense of humor about yourself.
My brother and my cousins teased me relentlessly, and I laughed right
along with them. Sure, sometimes we would cross the line, but we
would apologize and or forgive each other. There is a difference
between making fun of someone with malice (like Malfoy), and having
fun with someone because you are teasing/having fun (which in my
family is a sign of endearment). I'm pretty sure that JKR isn't
painting F&G to be in anyway like Draco.

>I "vmonte" wrote:
"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."

>Del replied:
I personally hated that scene, because laughing at myself like that is
*exactly* what I would have done in Neville's shoes, except that I
would have done it because I had no self-esteem at his age. I believed
that I was such a failure that I deserved to be made fun of and that I
had no right to stand up for myself. And Neville is not so far from
that kind of thinking, or he wouldn't introduce himself as "nobody" in
OOP.

vmonte responds:
I guess I'm interpreting that scene differently than you are. Neville
is not like Percy. Percy would have gotten mad, but not Neville
(JMO). I really don't think that Neville was upset, humiliated,
tortured, etc. I truly think that he understood that F&G were playing
and not being cruel. (And I'm not saying that F&G haven't done some
stupid things). Lucius, Snape, Draco, Umbridge, and Voldemort on the
other hand, do not have a sense of humor about themselves, and they
are truly cruel.

Vivian