Molly sees herself as blood traitor? (was: Mother Molly (was: Some OOTP Qs))

[Marissa]

No: HPFGUIDX 125283


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> 
> Valky:
> > She was raised by purebloodists, and married into a pureblood 
> > family and not once did she consider that she would ever be 
> > outcast for her love of Arthur. ... she was thought she had 
> > pleased *everyone*.
> > 
> > But not so, because she had become a traitor to pureblood.
> > 
> > In OOtP when Sirius shows Harry the tapestry, and all the 
> > burnholes where names used to be, I admit having the presumption 
> > that the silly old bag hadn't *hurt* anyone by it. I was wrong. 
> > <snip> Mrs Black wasn't a harmless old biddy trying to make a 
> > foolish point, she really did break hearts in her family with 
her 
> > maliciousness, and Molly is our proof.
> > 
> > After all, she was raised believing Pure Wizard blood *is* 
> > superior....
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> Valky, I'm curious where you are getting this info that Molly was 
> raised with all this.  Do we *know* the mentality of her parents 
or 
> upon what message she was raised?  Do we *know* she classes 
herself 
> as a blood traitor?  Or are you assuming she was raised this way 
> because almost all pure-blooded families "surely" raise their 
> children this way?
> 
> It feels like a pretty big leap to me, but maybe I'm missing 
> something.


Marissa:

Yeah I agree Susan. I don't think that Molly is prejudiced against 
muggleborns. I don't see the evidence that Molly was raised in this 
kind of environment, it seems quite the opposite to me. Her 
brothers, Gabriel and Fabian Prewett (JKR) were not only in the 
fight against Voldemort, but both were in Dumbledore's original OotP 
(OotP, 174) and died while fighting five Voldemort supporters. Molly 
knows about prejudice, and it seems to me her family's attitude was 
more along the attitude of the Longbottoms family. 

Marissa