Molly & Snape Similiarities (was Mother Molly)

[Charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 125141

>>>Casey: [snipped and rearranged by Betsy]
>>Wow, I am really surprised at the Molly (& Ginny) hate.
> <snip>
>>You know, I've always rolled my eyes when someone says that fandom
> (especially slash fandom) is misogynic but now I'm starting to
> wonder. What does it say when two "normal" women are vilified and
> only the bookish (Hermione) and the oddball (Luna) females are
> acceptable?<
>
> Betsy:
>
<snip>

> But I think you're going a bit far to say that disliking Molly and
> Ginny, and liking Hermione and Luna, is misogynistic.  It makes it
> sound like there's only a few accepted ways to be a good woman, and
> if you break out of them by being smart or, god-forbid, eccentric,
> you've lost any claim to being considered female.  Which sounds like
> a throw back to a 1950's way of looking at women.  Not a good thing,
> IMO.
>

Charme:

 I read some of the comments made on this topic and others in HPfGU and you 
do get a sense that the persons making those comments are overly critical 
and judgemental based on individual actions rather than the sum of the whole 
of what a character (regardless of sex) is about. Funny...Molly reminds me 
of someone else hotly debated on HP messageboards in the vast world of the 
Internet:  Snape.  IMO, there are some clear simliarities in some of their 
personas - possible examples, her cutting comments to Sirius in OoP 
(reminiscent of Snape and Sirius' exchange) and her ability to accurately 
assess Fred and George are lying to her about having more of their "candies" 
prior to leaving for the QWC (similiar to his interaction with Harry on any 
number of occassions, usually when Harry is perceived to be breaking 
"rules".) While not as specifically focused as Snape's "favoritism" of the 
Slytherin crowd and Draco Malfoy, Molly's got her favorite too, doesn't she?

Just something to think about...

Charme