[HPforGrownups] Imperious Molly!

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 45530



> Hello all- I am a little afraid to jump in on this topic, but here
> goes- What if Molly was the one responsible for the theorized missing
> Weasley child?
> First- A large gap in ages between Bill and Charlie and the rest of
> the family has been thought to indicate a missing, presumably dead,
> Weasley child. The Imperious Arthur theory says that Mr. Weasely is
> the one responsible, having been forced by the curse.
>
> Here is my slightly different spin. In the GOF, chapter nine, page
> 142 in American editions, Mr Weasley says "Just Picture coming home
> and finding the Dark Mark hovering over your house, and knowing what
> you are about to find inside...." Mr Weasley winced. " Everyones
> worst fear... the very worst.."
>
> Could be just me, but it sounds like he is speaking from personal
> experience. Now, for Arthur to be responsible for the attack on his
> family, he would have go home, commit the act, leave, be released
> from the curse, and  then  come home and see the dark mark. This
> doesnt make much sense. Why would a death eater put a ministry
> official under the imperious, make him kill his child, and the  let
> him go? Even of Mr. Weasley was low-ranking at the time, he could
> become a more valuable asset as time progresses. It would make sense
> to keep him under the curse, no reason though to let him go. Why
> stike the Weasleys, anyway? If the DEs wanted to use Arthur, they
> would keep him under the curse. If to terrorize or get revenge, Molly
> is the better choice to target.
>
>  Imperious Molly works a little better. Molly would be home, alone
> with only her small children, in an isolated house.A De could easily
> suprise her, put her under the curse, make her kill her child, and
> then leave.  She is an easier target, if the purpose was only to
> terrorize. Then when Arthur comes home from a day of work, he will
> find the Dark Mark hovering over his house, like the quote above.
>
> BY the way, If it was Arthur,  why would he be suprised when he goes
> home? He already knows what  happened, even if he couldn't stop
> himself. He wouldn't need the Dark Mark to tell him what has
> happened. Well. no, he says "Knowing" what he will find.

Oh, that's really nasty.  It would explain a lot of things...like Molly's
smothering of Ginny (if she'd had a daughter that a DE forced her to kill,
and had to live with _that_ memory for a long time, and then had another
daughter, she'd probably feel like she'd been given a second chance) and her
bonding with Harry.

It would also explain why the other Weasleys don't ever mention it.