Arthur & Molly Powers

[kmcbears1]

No: HPFGUIDX 113351

In message 113206, Tangent writes "the Weasley parents haven't struck 
me as particularly powerful".  IMO Molly Weasley needs to be a very 
powerful witch.

First Molly ...

In COS, "Ginny wept as Harry helped her to her feet.  'I've looked 
forward to coming to Hogwarts ever since B-Bill came ...'".

Ginny, Ron, Fred, George, Percy, and Charlie were all at home when 
Bill started Hogwarts.  We know that WW children do unexpected magic 
when angry.  JKR stated (do not remember the interview) that Molly 
had home schooled her children before they attended Hogwarts.  Molly 
taught 5 young wizards and 1 witch.  One of them powerful enough to 
transfigure a teddy bear into a spider.  I am sure F&G did not turn 
into pratical jokers after they came to Hogwarts but were a handful 
when they were at home with Molly.  

For Ginny to remember when Bill went to Hogwarts means that when she 
was an infant, Molly had 6 young wizards and a baby witch to protect 
at home.  Remember that in the WW children's magic comes out when 
they are angry or have trouble handling their emotions.  For those of 
you with children, think about the number of "his touching me" 
or "stop looking at me that way" or "that's my toy I want it back" 
arguements that try your patience.  Now image that these are 
escalated by magic, it is only because Molly is powerful that her 
children didnot do serious harm to each other before they learned to 
control their magic.

 lot of wizards respect Arthur Weasley.  With his backing, Muggle 
protection laws have been passed.  Arthur deals with Muggle baiting 
wizards.  What kind of wizards bait Muggles?  Not law abiding, blood 
doesn't matter wizards but those who probably support the pure blood 
philosopy of Voldemort. 

Recently there has been a lot of posts about "mollycoddling", we met 
Molly briefly in PS/SS but really did not get to know her until she 
was dealing with the "empty nest".  She is trying to hold onto the 
role she has had for a large number of years.  She is undergoing a 
life crisis and struggling to find a place in the WW now that her 
task as primary teacher, nurse, disciplinarian, nurturer is no longer 
needed.  

Now on to Arthur...

In COS, Mungdungus tries to put a curse on Arthur when his back was 
turn. Arthur's work is extremely dangerous as he often deals with the 
darker (no pun intended) side of life.  

Arthur does what he thinks is right in POA telling Harry about that 
Sirius Black may be trying to kill him.  In GoF, he is forces Vernon 
to say goodbye to Harry.  Arthur has the Quidditch Cup tickets in the 
top box.  He uses those memory charms as part of his work.  As we 
know from CoS, memory charms are not the easiest magic to do 
correctly.  Arthur is one of those rare individuals whose careers are 
exactly what they want to do.  He is content with who he is and does 
not seem to envy others.  

In Cos, he is not afraid of Lucius Malfory. He stands up to Lucius 
Malfoy in Borgin & Burkes.  He quizzes Harry about Lucius' actions in 
Knockturn Alley hoping to "get Lucius Malfoy for something..".
Dumbledore uses Arthur as part of his threat to Malfoy at the end of 
book.  

If we look at their childern, assuming power to be hereditary, Bill 
has been ancient Egyptian charm breaker for Gringotts.  Charlie works 
with dragons.  Not occupations for below average wizards.  4 of their 
6 sons were Perfects (My guess is that Ginny will be a Perfect in 
Book 6.)  Two have been Head Boys. Bill & Percy both got twelve 
owls.  Fred & George are very clever inventors (Flitwick leaves a 
piece of their swamp as a testimony to their skill.)  On to Ginny, 
and I will just quote George from chapter 6 OotP:
 
"'Yeah, size is no guarantee of power,' said George. 'Look at Ginny'. 
'What d'you mean?' said Harry.
'You've never been on the receiving end of one of her Bat-Bogey 
Hexes, have you?'".

I purposely left Ron out of the discussion above because he has been 
analyzed in many posts and I wanted to use the rest of the Weasley's 
for this discussion.

IMO Arthur and Molly are very secure and powerful wizards, who have 
no need to prove themselves.  

- kmc