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marysiak.
Only, Sirius, not so much with the capable of being all there for Harry, is he? Doesn't give him much of a welcome, even though his letters had some sense of how frustrated Harry was—likely because he is so frustrated himself. And Molly, damn, she is just shaking with tension and frustration as she tries to exert her control over her family. She is bent on the children knowing as little as possible, as though they will be safer that way, and yes, she's already sort of lost one of them, but she really needs to ease up or she is going to shake herself apart.
At least this time when F&G do something ridiculous it leads to the first bit of laughter that Harry's had. Even if Molly's yelling at them leads to being reminded of Percy—who, as I recall, DID Apparate downstairs from his bedroom every morning just to show he could do it.
OT: Mmm, rhubarb crumble. And for you Americans: Doesn't Harry remind you of Almanzo in Farmer Boy here? When Almanzo began to eat pie, he wished he'd never eaten anything else.
I love Sirius' claiming of Harry here. As Holly said at the time: "MY kid. Mine." Molly simply isn't going to win. Thanks for filling in for me while I was in jail and on the run, but I'm here now and I'm taking over. And the whole James thing—all four of them had taken on a great deal of adult responsibility when they were quite young. I think that Sirius is more talking about where Harry is, and while Molly may have a point, it isn't quite spot on.
[Insert vast amounts of ridiculous squeeing over Sirius/Remus shippiness in this scene. It fairly DRIPS with it.]
I love Ginny stomping up the stairs, I love Molly actually being absent when they fill him in, and I think "hell" when they stop short of telling him what Tommy wants and where it is. This book is chock full of missed opportunities. As I reread, I see that it isn't just Harry who made bad decisions—wrong ones, absolutely, but based on incomplete information.
Oh, poor tired Mr Weasley, he's trying to help Molly but he really just can't. Oh, that lovely moment between Ron and Harry, when Harry decides that when all is said and done he just can't be nasty to Ron. And then, lovely lovely information, a wonderful expository scene, with Harry asking tons of questions, just, well done. Though I think the most important bit of information came out before this, during dinner:
'I think it depends on what they're [the goblins] offered,' said Lupin. 'And I'm not talking about gold. If they're offered the freedoms we've been denying them for centuries, they're going to be tempted.'
Remember History of Magic? Those wars are called the Goblin Rebellions. Only oppressed peoples rebel. Methinks the wizarding way of life is about to bite them in the arse.
marysiak.Only, Sirius, not so much with the capable of being all there for Harry, is he? Doesn't give him much of a welcome, even though his letters had some sense of how frustrated Harry was—likely because he is so frustrated himself. And Molly, damn, she is just shaking with tension and frustration as she tries to exert her control over her family. She is bent on the children knowing as little as possible, as though they will be safer that way, and yes, she's already sort of lost one of them, but she really needs to ease up or she is going to shake herself apart.
At least this time when F&G do something ridiculous it leads to the first bit of laughter that Harry's had. Even if Molly's yelling at them leads to being reminded of Percy—who, as I recall, DID Apparate downstairs from his bedroom every morning just to show he could do it.
OT: Mmm, rhubarb crumble. And for you Americans: Doesn't Harry remind you of Almanzo in Farmer Boy here? When Almanzo began to eat pie, he wished he'd never eaten anything else.
I love Sirius' claiming of Harry here. As Holly said at the time: "MY kid. Mine." Molly simply isn't going to win. Thanks for filling in for me while I was in jail and on the run, but I'm here now and I'm taking over. And the whole James thing—all four of them had taken on a great deal of adult responsibility when they were quite young. I think that Sirius is more talking about where Harry is, and while Molly may have a point, it isn't quite spot on.
[Insert vast amounts of ridiculous squeeing over Sirius/Remus shippiness in this scene. It fairly DRIPS with it.]
I love Ginny stomping up the stairs, I love Molly actually being absent when they fill him in, and I think "hell" when they stop short of telling him what Tommy wants and where it is. This book is chock full of missed opportunities. As I reread, I see that it isn't just Harry who made bad decisions—wrong ones, absolutely, but based on incomplete information.
Oh, poor tired Mr Weasley, he's trying to help Molly but he really just can't. Oh, that lovely moment between Ron and Harry, when Harry decides that when all is said and done he just can't be nasty to Ron. And then, lovely lovely information, a wonderful expository scene, with Harry asking tons of questions, just, well done. Though I think the most important bit of information came out before this, during dinner:
'I think it depends on what they're [the goblins] offered,' said Lupin. 'And I'm not talking about gold. If they're offered the freedoms we've been denying them for centuries, they're going to be tempted.'
Remember History of Magic? Those wars are called the Goblin Rebellions. Only oppressed peoples rebel. Methinks the wizarding way of life is about to bite them in the arse.
