Everybody is chattering, apparently, about the maybe proposed Potter-verse tv series

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Or, at least in the places I read, about how they probably shouldn't do it because JKR is super transphobic and doesn't need more money anyway.

You know, there's a lot I could theoretically say about that, but somehow, the convo in the comments I actually had was on the subject of Why Molly and Arthur Are Bad Parents, Canon Backs Me Up.

"But don't you think you're putting too much emphasis on the roast beef sandwiches?"

Nope, not at all. What I think is that Molly Weasley, if there's any justice in that world, is going to end up alone, wondering why all her kids won't talk to her. She's like one of the parents at Issendai's site. Literally, she's this woman at the end here, the one with the corn chips. She's not going to see her son for another ten months, and she makes him a lunch she knows he doesn't like?

I will stand by this statement.

Comments

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I think we get rose-colored glasses for Molly because everything is written from Harry's perspective, and what Molly is offering looks enough like what Harry really wanted as a child that he can't see what's going on.

His peer Weasleys are smart enough to know that if they can make it through Hogwarts, they won't have to deal with her ever again.

It's almost sad to recognize that Molly had seven fiercely brilliant children and managed not to raise any of them well.

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Sure, I mean, if my models for family life were the Dursleys and the Weasleys, it's no contest.

[silveradept]

Yeah. The Potter books are really good at showcasing all the ways that Harry (and a lot of other Wizarding children) get abused by adults, and I doubt that the author intended to give us such a clear view of all of it.

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Also: If Neville Longbottom really had been a squib, he'd be dead. He also should cut off his entire family and never contact them again. NONE OF THEM.

(Except his parents. Which is a whole different rant. The Longbottoms are suggested to come from some serious money, why are they letting Frank and Alice be warehoused like that? I don't know if they ever could improve, but they could be just as unimproved in the comforts of home, with a few paid caregivers so Augusta doesn't have to spoonfeed them herself. Or, look into the muggle world, where there are multiple paid tiers of nursing homes to suit every budget.)

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There's so much that didn't get thought through, or that didn't come through the way the author intended. (Or worse, did come through exactly as intended.)