OOTP observations

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 132662


> Amiable Dorsai:
> 
> Molly was near the end of her rope, I think.  She's lost weight 
(from
> stress, presumably) and she can't even handle a boggart.  Her 
reaction
> to the boggart, tells the tale: she's terrified that some or all of
> her family are going to die--to her credit, she includes Harry and
> Hermione in her fears.

First of all, whatever her feelings are, she doesn't have any 
authority over Harry and Hermione so her deciding what was best for 
them always rubbed me the wrong way.  Secondly, I reread the 
arguement in OOTP and the whole thing seemed to me to be motivated 
entirely by the combination of jealousy of Sirius/Harry friendship 
and blind obedience towards Dumbledore. I also think that Sirius, 
seemingly the only person willing to actually stand up to her, 
rubbed her the wrong way on a personal level.
 
> I think jealousy may play a part in her feelings about Sirius, but 
I'm
> also sure there's more than that.  Sirius, after all, broke her
> youngest son's leg once.  His actions could have led to Ron's being
> bitten by a werewolf or Kissed by a Dementor.

but none of that was mentioned or even really hinted at. the whole 
arguement revolved too much around Harry. It was basically a fight 
over who loved Harry more and who had his best interests more at 
heart.
 
> And there's Sirius, egging them on.

By egging them on, do you mean the part where he wanted to give 
information to Harry because he thought that was best? For a crazy 
ex-prisoner he certainly ended up being more right that Molly's 
blind obedience to Dumbledore's vaunted wisdom.
 
> And I think she shared your feeling that there was something not 
quite
> right about Sirius.

Molly isn't exactly a closed book when it came to her feelings. I 
doubt she had any hidden feelings when it came to Sirius. And based 
on the Azakban shot, she would have used it if she had.

In the next book I hope to seen some Harry/Molly fallout. Molly was 
so out of line when it came to Sirius and some of her own family 
that I hope someone calls her on it.  Shooting your mouth off out 
of 'caring' should only get you so far before someone tells you 
enough is enough

phoenixgod2000