Weasley Family Dynamics

[Rick & LeAnn Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 165002

I have to chime in here.  I LOVE Molly and Arthur.  They're two of my
favorite characters in the books, and I would literally boo-hoo if anything
bad happened to them.  Having raised three children myself, I believe Molly
does very well to keep her sanity with the brood she's got.  Most of them
turned out very well.  (Yes, Percy's a git, but there's one in every family.
Not sure where he gets the pomposity.)  Molly does have flaws, but perhaps
she has a bit of an inferiority complex due to their impoverished
circumstances, and overcompensates?  I'm still her fan.  The children
constantly run her ragged, sneaking out at night and flying cars against
Ministry laws, sneaking off into the Forbidden Forest at school, working
with dragons, breaking curses in Egyptian tombs, and let's not even get into
the scrapes Ron's gotten into with Harry, and the trouble the twins have
gotten into.  I think Molly tries to come off as a tyrant but she's really
an old softie at heart, and her children know it and manipulate her
ceaselessly but lovingly.  Her children are not prim, proper little snits,
but rather they are intelligent, interesting, resourceful, and she's very
proud of them.  She may do the wrong things sometimes, but it's usually for
the right reasons.  Her failings usually come from overprotection rather
than smothering IMO, but in their world, who can blame her?  Remember she
already lost two brothers to LV.  Her boggart showed us her greatest fears,
and her amazing clock includes a hand for mortal peril, so that is a
possibility she lives with daily. I applaud her ability to go through her
day-to-day tasks without going completely bonkers.  Arthur, IMHO is just a
lovable, kind-hearted, kooky eccentric, who will someday make a wonderful
grandfather, if JKR gives him the chance.  I overlook Molly's and Arthur's
flaws, because they have those qualities which are so important in Harry's
world - they have the ability to love and show it shamelessly, and they
stand on the side of right.  I'll take them over Lucius and Narcissa anyday.

Anders



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