Draco and Dumbledore/ Molly and Harry-Treated like Family

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 159919

---  "Kelly Whiteman" <BCs at ...> wrote:
>
> Magpie wrote:
> > While I think Harry has it in him to appreciate that
> > Molly's scolding would be like treating him like 
> > family, I think he's shown in canon to take advantage
> > of his role as not family just as much and not really
> > have a problem with not belonging in that way. 
> 
> I don't have it in front of me, but in OOP doesn't 
> Molly's reaction to the Boggart indicate that she 
> considers Harry as one of her children? 
> 
> But Harry cannot feel like one of the family, or his 
> feelings for Ginny would be incestuous.
> 
> Thoughts from a newbie,
> 
> BonniDune
>

bboyminn:

In the fan fiction I alluded to, the Weasleys, to the last
person, make a open declaration that they will accept 
Harry as family. A declaration, while not legal, carried 
much more weight than a general assumption. They say 
specifically that no matter what the future brings, 
friendship or estrangement, that Harry can always come 
home, that he can always have a place, actually many 
places, that he can come to when he needs it. Further, 
that there is a group of people who have made a life 
long pledge, in anger or in friendship, to be there for
Harry anytime he needs them regardless of the 
circumstances. I have to believe, which is why I wrote 
the story, that this would be a very warm assurance to 
Harry. He is a boy alone in the world. He can find plenty
of places to call 'house' but where in this world can 
Harry call 'home'? That's what, in this fiction, the 
Weasley's give Harry, a permanent home, a place he can 
always return to an know that he is welcome.

I think that is part of what sustains Percy. As deep and
thorough as his estrangement from his family is, in the 
back of his mind, he knows he can always come home. Of
course, his first meal upon doing so would certainly be
a heaping huge portion of 'Humble Pie', but none the less
having that sense of belonging, having that sense of home
though thick and thin, I personally think would be very
heartwarming to Harry.

As the real story seems to be going, that won't be a 
problem as Harry will probably marry Ginny and then he 
really will be a member of the family. He really will 
finally have home and family through the best and worst
of times.

Steve - who still makes a distinction between house and
home; 'house' is where I live, 'home' is where my mother
lives, and I know that I can always go back there.