Molly: Good Mom or Bad Mom? (was Re: OOTP observations: Molly...)

[phoenixgod2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 132801


> Betsy Hp:
> I have Molly issues, too.  I don't think she's evil, and I don't 
> think she's abusive, but she manages to push my buttons.  While 
> she's got a lot of "good mom" traits (family oriented, knitting, 
> cooking, good with hugs) she's got a slew of "bad mom" traits as 
> well (shrill, judgemental, divisive, small-minded).  It makes me 
> wonder how exactly JKR views her, herself.

I wonder that too. Honestly, I think that I'm being too hard on her 
sometimes (except about Sirius. Burn for that!) but Molly is 
everything I hate about mothers I've had to with through teaching. 
She sets my teeth on edge like few other characters. I suppose that 
makes her *real* but for what is supposed to be Harry's surrogate 
mother figure she is remarkably unlikeable. At least to me. You would 
think that she would have been portrayed a little differently if she 
was supposed to be the counter to all of the worse parents in the 
books--parents like the Malfoy's or Dursley's.
 
> Because the Weasley family home doesn't strike me as a particularly 
> happy one.  Arthur is practically non-existent in his own house 
(and 
> painted as a hopeless idiot whenever he *does* come home from the 
> office or his work-shed).

Well, with all the respect he gets from Molly is it any wonder why. 
 
> Regardless of how JKR wants me to see Molly, I know that for me 
> she's a walking guarantee *against* OBHWF (One Big Happy Weasley 
> Family).  Even if the books do end with Ron/Hermione and 
Ginny/Harry 
> sailing off into the sunset, a future of bliss will *not* occur.  
> Not with Molly as a mother-in-law.  

Heehee. I would imagine that Harry and Ginny (shudder) would get the 
worst of that because Ginny is her sweet only daughter. I've seen it 
before.

Not that I want Harry and Ginny to get together, 'cause remember 
Ginny is the devil :)
 
> Betsy Hp

Betsy, we agree on something! Maybe its a sign of things to come. 
Alla and I agreed on almost everything on the last book. Maybe HBP is 
going to be the book of the phoenixporridge!

phoenixgod2000, who is starting to get jittery because of impending 
HPness.