Various replies: Fleur

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> little Alex:
> Because quite frankly, Fleur had done nothing wrong except
> being beautiful (and French) and wanting to marry her son.
> Molly's treatment of the girl is, imho, absolutely horrible.
> So's Hermione's and Ginny's, while I'm at it.

Kate:
Maybe you are forgetting that Fleur's grandmother is a Veela. Men 
are extrememly drawn to Veela magically and women resent this. I 
figured, personally, it was only the natural disgust women feel 
towards Veela (or, in this case, part Veela) <snip> Fleur was able 
to get past this once she proved herself and her love for Bill. 
<snip> And in Fleur's case, you must admit she acted a bit of a snob 
in regards to the Weasley house, Molly's taste in music, etc. That 
doesn't exactly endear one to a future MIL.

Bookworm:
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(All quotes from Scholastic edition)
Ch5, p92: "Fleur turned back to Harry, swinging her silvery sheet of 
hair so that it whipped Mrs. Weasley across the face."

Ch5, p101: "'At Beauxbatons,' said Fleur complacently, 'we 'ad a 
different way of doing things.  I think eet was better....'"

Ch16, p330: "Fleur, who seemed to find Celestina very dull, was 
talking so loudly in the corner that a scowling Mrs. Weasley kept 
point her wand at the volume control, so that Celestina grew louder 
and louder."

Ch16, p333: "Celestina ended her song on a very long, high-pitched 
note and loud applause issued out of the wireless, which Mrs. 
Weasley joined in with enthusiastically.  'Eez eet over?" said Fleur 
loudly. 'Thank goodness, what an 'orible- '"
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Not exactly the way to endear yourself to your beloved's family, is 
it now?  The men may have been automatically drawn to her Veela 
charm, but Fleur made absolutely no effort to make friends with her 
future sister-in-law and was disrespectful to her future mother-in-
law.  

I don't see how Molly's treatment of her was horrible.  We saw 
several times when Molly figuratively gritted her teeth, but we 
never heard a cross word toward Fleur from her.  And while Ginny 
called her names behind her back, we didn't see Ginny or Hermione 
say anything nasty in front of her, either. 

So who was the horrible person here?

Ravenclaw Bookworm