[HPforGrownups] Arthur & Molly Powers

[Marita Jan]

No: HPFGUIDX 113377


--- kmcbears1 <karen at dacafe.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
I know we're not supposed to post one-liners, but I just had to say "Here!
Here!" and clap loudly for this post.  EXCELLENT overview of Molly and
Arthur!  I've never been on the bandwagon of Molly-dislikers.  I think she
provides a mother figure for Harry that he desperately needs.  She may be
a little too intense and mother him a little too much sometimes, but
that's also a natural, mothering reaction.  

Great post.  Great post.

MJ

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