[HPforGrownups] Molly's "revenge" Re: Requiescat in Pace: Unforgivables

Kemper iam.kemper at gmail.com
Wed Aug 8 05:57:03 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 174788

>  > Lizzyben earlier:
>  > Molly gets full caps-lock revenge against Bellatrix,  and readers are
>  > supposed to cheer.

>  lizzyben later:
>
>  There's nothing *wrong* with that moment, per se (though I rolled my
>  eyes at it), it's that it's part of a larger pattern & a larger
>  message. Revenge is not only tolerated, but admired.

Kemper now:
Since when is a mother protecting her child revenge?
Had Molly went after Bellatrix killed or maimed Ginny, then vengeance
is Molly's.  But that didn't happen.  Molly acted in fear that her
girl could have been killed.

Kemper




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