Why the Molly hate?

[wook77]

I was reading a craptacular story written by an author that I adore mocking.

That being said... a theme that runs throughout this author's stories is - Molly bashing/hating. I thought it was just further proof as to the craptacularness of this author but it turns out I was wrong.

It seems that there is more than one person out there that dislikes Molly for whatever reasons...

My questions to you -

Does anyone else hate on Molly and, if so, why the Molly hate?

No wank and please to be providing reasons.

Comments

Re: hopping over from the daily snitch

[wook77.livejournal.com]

First - thanks for adding your comments to the discussion.

I'd completely forgotten about the Sirius "issues". Thanks for reminding me about that. I can completely see where people are coming from with that. After reading that part over again... I think my first thoughts about that section was that Molly was mothering not only Harry but Sirius.

Molly is overprotective but I think there are reasons behind that.

The third was one I hadn't thought of. You're quite right... she is the "stereotypical" mum. I find JKR to have quite a few stereotypes in her book (I view Cho as a stereotypical teenage girl and probably why I don't much like her).

I think the over-reaction thing really has something to do with being Gryffindor as well. I pointed out above...Molly's overreactions are similar to Ron and Harry's name being pulled out and Seamus at the beginning of OotP. Gryffindors tend to react first and then question.

Finally... I really like your line about Great Characters. I really really really (how many reallys can I fit in here...) like it. It's such a wonderful way to sum up the thoughts on Molly and, really ;), anyone.