Molly and Harry - Treated Like Family

[steven1965aaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 159913

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:
 
> Now, my fan fiction, though it is not directly relevant, 
> can still serve as an illustration of my point. The story
> revolves around Harry not having any real family or 
> connection to anyone. In this sense, he envies Ron. I'll 
> skip the details, but it ends with Molly scolding Harry, 
> and rather than being shocked or put off, Harry is very 
> touched by it. It is a signal to him that he REALLY IS 
> home, that he really is with family. 
> 
Steven1965aaa:

My memory fails me here (help please?) but I seem to remember one 
instance in either OOP or HBP where Molly does include Harry in a 
scold/don't do that type of statement, and while Harry feels a bit 
resentful he also can't help but feel touched by her concern. Also at 
the end of GOF(?) (if I remember correctly) she gives him a mother's 
hug, to which he has a kind of emotional reaction.  So I think you're 
right, Harry has a sort of hunger for that type of connection.  But 
even as an "honorary" Weasley and a potential future son-in-law / 
brother-in law down the line, I'm don't think that Molly will ever be 
as hard on Harry as she is on her own kids, first because in the end 
he's not her son, and second I think that she feels the need to 
protect Harry because of his lousy time with the Dursleys and other 
things.