Molly's "revenge" Re: Requiescat in Pace: Unforgivables

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 174884

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "guzuguzu" <guzuguzu at ...> wrote:

> I get your point. Perhaps I would have found the Molly-Bella duel 
> more believable had Tonks (a trained auror) not been so completely 
> useless for the past two books. I do not like the idea that Molly 
> (someone with no warrior experience or training that we know of) 

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> That is exactly what I meant by "mother love conquers all." Molly 
> single-handedly succeeded where many trained aurors and experienced 
> duelers had failed. Since there has never been one mention of Molly 
> being particularly talented (unlike Ginny or Herminone, who we've 
> heard are unusually strong) or even going on missions for the 
Order, 
> the only good explanation for this is the "super-mother-magic" 
thing. 
> If Molly had used intelligence or ingenuity (as per Hermione), 
> instead of straight-out might to win, I might have bought it more 
> easily.


"Straight-out might"?  You make it sound as if Molly wrestled Bella 
to the ground instead of simply landing one accurate spell (Not that 
she couldn't, mind ;-))  Did you struggle with Sirius Black being in 
a duel?  After all, he's been pretty much doing nothing for 16 years 
apart from rotting in Azkaban, eating rats while hiding in caves, and 
finally hanging around GOP drinking and feeling sorry for himself.  
He was probably in really lousy shape when he left to go the Ministry 
and apparently did pretty well against the DE's until he got cocky 
while facing Bellatrix.

The fact that Molly, in addition to being a housewife and mother is 
also a member of the Order seems to have been overlooked.  It's 
pretty strongly implied on OOP that she spends her time doing 
something other than cooking and cleaning when Sirius refuses to tell 
Ron what she's off doing for the Order (fireplace scene).

There's no doubt that the power of mother-love is an important theme 
in the books.  Apparently, some readers don't care for this theme, 
but no one who's been reading the 6 previous books should be 
surprised by it.  What I don't understand is why it's so improbable 
to accept that it would be Molly who landed the fatal blow rather 
than say, Hermione.  She's always been portrayed as a pretty 
formidable character and she certainly had ample motivation to get 
the job done.

Jo S., who's amused when anyone thinks it's safe to trifle with 
housewives and mothers.