Very interesting post, and I hope you're right about Snape, penfold_x.
I was really disappointed with the way Molly and Ginny acted towards Fleur. Well, more by Ginny than Molly, because I know Molly is something of a cow at times and I expected such a behavior from her.
Also, as a friend wondered in my LJ, and she's French like me: "I am possibly way off on this but it could be one of those "You know what French women are famous for" episodes. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate people who say that?"
Then again, my paternal grandmother was pretty horrid to my mother, so I feel for Fleur and it's a sore sunject for me. My mother after a while simply decided to just ignore the existence of her mother-in-law and make no effort, and I think this may explain Fleur's focus on Bill. After all, he's the one she's marrying, she doesn't have to like his family.
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Date: 2005-07-19 12:29 am (UTC)I was really disappointed with the way Molly and Ginny acted towards Fleur. Well, more by Ginny than Molly, because I know Molly is something of a cow at times and I expected such a behavior from her.
Treating your son's fiancée like that (who is a guest, who is the one moving to the UK and adapting herself to a foreign country, who has never shown anything but love for Bill) shows you were raised, at best, by a herd of trolls.
Also, as a friend wondered in my LJ, and she's French like me: "I am possibly way off on this but it could be one of those "You know what French women are famous for" episodes. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate people who say that?"
Then again, my paternal grandmother was pretty horrid to my mother, so I feel for Fleur and it's a sore sunject for me. My mother after a while simply decided to just ignore the existence of her mother-in-law and make no effort, and I think this may explain Fleur's focus on Bill. After all, he's the one she's marrying, she doesn't have to like his family.