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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.

Date: 2021-01-26 08:55 pm (UTC)
dine: (night tree - destina)
From: [personal profile] dine
there's actually a lot of fic that is critical of the Weasley parents (especially Molly) - there's a tag for Molly Weasley bashing; granted, some of it isn't about her parenting and of course a lot isn't *good* writing, but there are some believable stories which look at the way she is with the family, and by extension Harry

Date: 2021-01-26 11:21 pm (UTC)
dine: (couch potato - mmwd)
From: [personal profile] dine
oh yeah, lots of authors go completely OTT, to the point of stupidity. unfortunately at this point I can't recall much of anything that fits the bill (my superpower is forgetting author/title of most fics/novels) but if I o come across something, I'll try to remember to t you know



Date: 2021-01-28 02:45 am (UTC)
dine: (only dancing - clumsygyrl)
From: [personal profile] dine
hee! it's my spirit animal :)

Date: 2021-01-26 09:04 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] brokenallbroken
I haven't seen much of Molly being outright abusive, though some authors make her more of a harridan than others. What I have seen is enough stories to suggest a trope that Remus and Tonks' out of the blue non-romance and weird marriage was the result of Molly getting ideas with Amortentia.

Date: 2021-01-26 09:21 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] brokenallbroken
Molly is a control freak busybody, and it's as good an explanation as any why two people a generation apart who don't seem to love each other (or even know each other well) would suddenly get hitched. Remus' reaction to finding out he's going to be a father is to run away. He's not happy. I can easily imagine Molly watching Tonks pine a bit in her crush, see Remus' "shyness" and low self-esteem (but not his grief for Sirius or very real anxiety about being a werewolf with a family), and think "I want the people around me to have the kind of happy domesticity I think I have because that's the only real way to be happy" and "he just needs a bit of a nudge".

Date: 2021-01-26 11:35 pm (UTC)
cloudsinvenice: "everyone's mental health is a bit shit right now, so be gentle" (Default)
From: [personal profile] cloudsinvenice
I could see that happening. And of course Molly's concept of "happy domesticity" is actually "a life like mine" which comes freighted with everything described in this thread...

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