Mother! I’ve turned the cooling unit back on. Mother!…… ’You bitch’
6 May 2015
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: 'mothers', Fantasy Review Barn, Tough Travelling
This week over at the Fantasy Review Barn Nathan is taking us travelling once again through the tropes of fantasy. The topic this week: MOMS:
Everyone has a mother. Including people in fantasyland.
The head of family, mummy Scott – immortal vampire, incredibly strong, rules the family with an iron fist but is gradually becoming weaker. Generation V by M L Brennan
Lady Trent – may not seem like a pillar of virtue after she first has her son but in Voyage of the Basilisk the two really started to bond well and he actually brought out a different side. Lady Trent’s Memoirs by Marie Brennan
Penelope – Nevada’s mother from Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews – one kick ass mom!
Coraline’s other mother – the evil mum who wants to stitch buttons on for eyes – ouch! Coraline by Neil Gaiman.
Mrs Weasley – needs no introduction – just ‘not my daughter – you bitch!’
Books and travelling with Lynn 
Haha we both used the same picture of Molly Weasley. 😀 ‘Not my daughter, you bitch!’ is literally THE best moment from Deathly Hallows. Go Mollywobbles!
Go Mollywobbles – henceforth – that shall be how we know her! Heehee
Lynn 😀
Love the alien brood queen photo, and I considered Coraline’s other mother as well. I’m afraid I went with some of the worst examples, although I did manage one heroic mom.
Some of mine are not the best mums ever, but! Looking forward to seeing what you came up with this week 😀
Lynn
Some great examples. Mrs. Weasley is a brilliant choice, I adore her.
She’s proving to be popular. You have to love her and that final scene with Bellatrix is awesome!
Lynn 😀
Great choice with Mrs. Weasley and Coraline’s other mother!
Yeah, I quite liked the evil other mother choice.
Lynn 😀
YES! I didn’t use Generation V because I’ve used it much too much, but I was hoping someone would name Madeline Scott this week 🙂
I couldn’t remember her name – that why I said Mommy Scott! Madeline – how could I forget.
Lynn 😀
Ha! Love the Mrs. Weasley pick (and pic) 🙂
Penelope! Great memory, Lynn. I was trying to recall her name but I could only remember Grandma Frida’s, haha. Molly Weasley fan club, unite!
Molly is proving very popular this week!
Lynn 😀
Madeline Scott is an intriguing choice: she’s both maternal AND scary – where her daughter instills fear through evilness, she does it by being coldly collected, like a cobra before it strikes… ((shudder))
Yeah – and the punishment she hands out to Prudence – wow! Don’t get on her wrong side.
Lynn 😀
I love Mrs Weasley!
I know – that final scene was awesome as well!
Lynn 😀
Molly Weasley is so popular this week! 🙂
Ugh, Coraline’s other mother… I hardly remember anything from that book, I read it so long ago, but buttons for eyes – CREEPY!
I’m so glad to see Mrs. Weasley showing up on several lists! She deserves an award for being the best magical mum in fantasyland. Seeing Lady Trent show up on these lists makes me more intrigued in that series and I was already very interested.
Yes, you should read the Lady Trent series – it’s very good so far.
Lynn 😀
Mrs Weasley, I completely adore her 😀
Yes, she’s been very popular this week. You have to love her though.
Lynn 😀