HBP Chapters 27 - 30 post DH look LONG SORRY

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> Alla:
> 
> Did she ever say that she hopes he will be back in school to teach
> the kids? I am not being sarcastic here, I am asking honestly,
> because if she did, yes, I would find it odd. If she did not, I 
well,
> find it annoying, but not odd, it is not like she is ok with 
Lockhart
> being near her kids.

Potioncat:
I'm sort of comparing apples to oranges, at least to your original 
post. What I mean is...let's say JKR had been teaching at my kids' 
school. She was going to allow my daughter to die and was going to 
wipe my son's memory--but luckily didn't succeed. 

I can assure you, I wouldn't keep her books. I wouldn't want anything 
around to remind me of her. So I don't understand why Molly is still 
using Lockhart's book---much less using it in front of the kids.
> 
 
> Alla:
 
> What I am trying to say, and again, this was not sarcasm at all, is
> that I would find it odd if Molly *would* think that another 
Scabbers
> would ever to appear in her family, that usually pet rat is just 
that
> a pet rat. IMO of course

Potioncat:
No, I don't mean another rat might be an animagi, just another rat 
would remind me (or possibly my kids) of the previous rat--a real 
dirty rat. And she speaks of Scabbers as if he was just a rat. 
Scabbers wasn't a rat, he was Pettigrew.

She was saying she would replace Scabbers, the rat Ron was so fond 
of. That works if you have lost a pet and the time of grief is over, 
and you want another pet. But, let's say, you had had a pet snake 
that got out of the tank and bit you and you almost died. Then your 
mom says, "Let's get you another snake. You were so fond of Ka."
> 


> Potioncat earlier:
> I've always found both of these behaviors a bit odd. So, I'm not so
> sure Molly or Arthur would blame DD for Ron's incident. IMO, they
> would
> think it was an unfortunate accident and that DD was doing the best 
he
> could to protect the students while working against LV. <SNIP>
>
Potioncat now:
I must be tired. I know the point I want to make, but the above 
paragraph isn't it. The two odd reactions on Molly's part have 
nothing to do with how I think they might react to DD's actions with 
Draco.