In Defense of Molly Weasley (Long)

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 175093


> Ceridwen:

> On Molly Weasley's dueling abilities, I was surprised, not that she 
> went after Bellatrix, given her protective nature, but that she was 
> able to sustain a duel.  The first blush of anger, fear, adrenalin 
> rushing through the veins, is over relatively quickly in real life.  
> This wasn't just a rush up to the DE and utter the spell, it was 
> taking over for three younger witches in an ongoing duel.
> 
> Maybe Bellatrix was reaching the end of her endurance by this point, 
> but then, Molly had been fighting, too.  I can't see her just leaning 
> against the wall waiting for something else to happen to her brood. 
> So, for me, Molly's reaction to the spell that nearly hit Ginny was 
> in keeping with her personality and what we've been shown to expect.  
> We haven't been shown anything about Molly's sustained duelling 
> abilities, so it caught me off-guard.

Amiable Dorsai:
We haven't, but we have been shown, as many others have pointed out,
that Molly is an exceptionally handy Witch, doing nonverbals
routinely.  It's also been pointed out that the Weasley kids got
pretty good magic genes (as well as sweaters) from somebody.

Let me also point out that Molly's been a member of a paramilitary
resistance group for three years now; for all that time she's known
the she and her husband and her children were potential targets of a
gang of ruthless killers...

It's just possible that she may have snuck in a little bit of training
in Magical fighting techniques, in between making onion soup and
delousing Headquarters.

Amiable Dorsai