[HPforGrownups] Re: Dating Muggleborns(was: Where does it say that Molly ...

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In a message dated 2/27/2005 2:08:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,  
horridporrid03 at yahoo.com writes:

>>Magda: 
>Yes, but the question is: why was Molly so  willing to believe that 
the Hermione that she knew was this heartless jade  that Skeeter 
described?<

>>Naama:  
>Maybe she  has a thing against girls with large teeth? Or very smart, 
goody two-shoes  girls? Or brown, fuzzy hair? Or girls she suspects 
her son fancies? Could  she have murky psychological problems with 
girls who befriend her  daughter? Girls who aren't interested in 
Quidditch? 
>Since there's  no other indication that Molly entertains anti-
Muggleborn prejudice, all  of the above are just as likely. More 
likely, in fact, given Ron's loud  and completely unambigous position 
on the subject of  Muggleborns.<  




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Chancie:
 
I tend to agree with Naama on this point.  But I see it as pretty  simple. 
Molly isn't against Muggle-borns IMO, she's just concerned about  Harry.
As it has be brought up in other threads, I think that Molly thinks of  Harry
like he's her own child.  She reads that Hermione is ripping Harry's  heart
out and toying with it.  *Any* good mother would be angry if  something like
this was truly happening.  If Rita had written that story about any  other 
girl
I have no doubt that Molly would have the same reaction.  And it is  true
that Hermione has spent time with their family and she knows her  fairly
well.  But Molly doesn't feel the same connection to Hermione as she  does
Harry.  That's where the difference comes in, and I think it has  absolutely
*nothing* to do with Hermione's family tree!!!


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