Molly and Arthur Was Re: Mother Molly /Nice people get a pass

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No: HPFGUIDX 125292


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Magda Grantwich 
<mgrantwich at y...> wrote:
> 
> I don't think she does treat Harry like one of her children - she
> treats her kids like her kids and she treats Harry like he was some
> kind of little king.  She fawns over him, usually in front of her 
own
> kids, and takes liberties upon herself (such as buying his dress
> robes and supplies without even consulting him) that rightly belong
> to a legal guardian - which she isn't.  

For the first three books, Harry's legal guardian is in Azkaban. In 
GoF, he is abroad. In OoP, the only way he can buy supplies for Harry 
is via Amazon.com (which hasn't featured prominently in the 
Potterverse so far). 

What you call "fawning" I see as trying to cram 10 years' worth of 
maternal affection, that she knows Harry didn't have. She is 
pampering him because he was so deprived before - she is trying to 
make up the loss. And she is doing all this without any having any 
*obligations* toward him - as you yourself have pointed out. Pure 
kindness and warmth of heart. 

 
Naama