[HPforGrownups] Re: The Dursleys, the Weasleys, Hagrid, and Snape: Nice people get a pass

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 125150


--- lyraofjordan <lyraofjordan at yahoo.com> wrote:

> And Molly, while generally nice in her own special way, has 
> a bunch of prejudices that keep her from being nice to everyone -- 
> how "nice" was it to publicly question whether the newly-bitten 
> werewolf should be the same room with Arthur, two weeks away from
> the 
> full moon? How "nice" is it to grumble about the train 
> station "crawling with muggles" when those muggles are just going 
> about their business, same as the Weasleys? (seems to me she makes 
> other derogatory comments about muggles as well, but I can't recall
> any specifics). So, while niceness might be undervalued, it's also 
> hard to get a handle on and use as a measure of someone's goodness.


And how "nice" was it to deliberately send Hermione a very small
candy egg in GOF while sending Ron and Harry large ones filled with
chocolate and toffee, just because Rita Skeeter wrote an article
about Hermione being Harry's girlfriend and breaking his heart?  The
same Rita Skeeter who writes lies about Arthur - and thus the same RS
that Molly knows shouldn't be trusted.

There was something really small, petty and mean-spirited about that
gesture.  If she hadn't sent Hermione anything at all, that would
have been understandable because Ron is her son and Harry doesn't
have any parents to send goodies and Hermione does so it would have
been Harry in danger of being left out.

But to deliberately send an insulting gift and to be cold to the girl
afterwards until Harry loudly confronts her about it, thus forcing
her to change her manner - that really told me a lot about Molly's
character.  And don't tell me she was in "mother bear defending her
cub" mode over possible hurt to Harry - she KNOWS that Rita Skeeter
lies and isn't to be trusted.

Molly is a nice person as long as she gets her own way, and when she
doesn't, she's not shy about using her personality as a battering ram
to get what she wants or to force people to give in to her.  She
makes vulgar scenes in public (berating Arthur over the stictches in
the hospital until everyone scurried away to leave them alone), fawns
over those of her children who achieve public success ("That's
everyone in the family!" - lovely comment in front of Fred and
George, wasn't it?) and treats her husband like he was one of the
kids (and not one of the brighter ones at that) in front of the kids,
which doesn't exactly reinforce his standing, does it?

It's a good thing that Molly is "good", 'cause she sure ain't "nice".

Magda

Magda


		
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