I still dont like Fleur

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 135022

My, this has been one very interesting debate. Very interesting 
indeed. At least it is about something other than Snape!!

I am glad that I don't have a son. I can just imagine how hard it 
must be for a mother to find any woman that her son would bring home 
good enough for him.  And I know the same goes for fathers and their 
daughter's boyfriends. I can feel Molly's pain when she has to 
endure Fleur for the summer. And given Fleur's behaviors I can see 
where Molly would think that Fleur would no longer love Bill now 
that he is not handsome any longer.

I agree 100% with everything that Lynn has said, I do see Fleur as 
rude, arrogant and disrespectful.  I especially do not like the way 
that she treated Molly. Frankly she is in many ways in the same 
category as the Dursleys as far as the degree of unacceptable 
behavior goes. She is a physically beautiful woman, but she is not a 
beautiful person. At least not until the scene at Bill's bedside.  I 
tended to forget all of the rest after that.  Before this, I have 
always looked at her as an airhead, and a little like Paris Hilton, 
but not quite as bad. (No one could be that bad, I really hate Paris 
Hilton!!)  Fleur is just another tall, perfect looking blond, vain 
and shallow and judgmental towards anyone who is not just as vain 
and shallow as her.  

I am sure that many families must put up with someone that one 
member loves, but that is difficult for the others to deal with. 
Pity really. Life is too short to have to cope with such things, but 
many people do.

I love Molly and Arthur and anyone that treats them poorly is not on 
my list of good people. Except Percy, he is their son and can be 
forgiven. So I am judgmental too, just in a different way than Fleur.

I am hoping now that the tension between the women is broken maybe 
Fleur can let go of some of her superficiality and be more of the 
person she let us see there at Bill's bedside. And I hope that this 
carries over in the years to come. Will she still feel that way 10 
years from now? I hope so. And I hope she starts treating Molly 
better too. After all if Bill's family are to say "Bill loves her so 
we should except that and treat her well", well Bill loves his 
mother too!!, so Fleur needs to say the same thing to herself about 
Molly.

Tonks_op