notyourexrotic: cersei-the-truth-bombardier: johnwatsonismyspiritanimal: hedwig-dordt: soyeahso: moo
notyourexrotic:cersei-the-truth-bombardier:johnwatsonismyspiritanimal:hedwig-dordt:soyeahso:mooncaps:liamgalgey:notawhatbutawho:ryvenchan:dragoon811:gallifreyan-hallows:harrypotterconfessions:I really don’t believe Molly was capable of killing Bellatrix. Bella is a Dark Lord trained Death Eater who frequently is using dark spells. Molly has been a house-wife for most of her life. Surely in reality she wouldn’t know those spells, let alone have ever used them before. Bella knows more and has been practising her skills (even through Azkaban), and yet Molly wins? I cant believe it.(Taiga’s note: never, ever estimate the power of a mother protecting her children.)I can’t wait until some of you idiots have children. See what you’re capable of when your child is in danger. She wasn’t just a house wife, she was a mother. Y’all moms should slap the ignorance out of you.Molly was part of the Order in the first war. She lost her brothers to Death Eaters. She just lost her son, who was named in honour of one of those brothers. Her daughter, her only daughter, is threatened. You can damn well believe that her conviction was strong and she meant every spell she cast in defense of her family. Of course she knows those spells. Of course she wins. ^^^^ This.Very early on in writing the series, I remember a female journalist saying to me that Mrs Weasley, ‘Well, you know, she’s just a mother.’ And I was absolutely incensed by that comment. Now, I consider myself to be a feminist, and I’d always wanted to show that just because a woman has made a choice, a free choice to say, ‘Well, I’m going to raise my family and that’s going to be my choice. I may go back to a career, I may have a career part time, but that’s my choice.’ Doesn’t mean that that’s all she can do. And as we proved there in that little battle, Molly Weasley comes out and proves herself the equal of any warrior on that battlefield.- J. K. Rowling (x)Molly was a warrior before she was a mother. Male soldiers become fathers all the time, I really don’t see how this is a problem.I haven’t read the book in ages, but wasn’t it demonstrated fairly often that Molly was a powerful witch? Did this person miss that because of the fact she used her powers in a domestic fashion?“Did this person miss that because of the fact she used her powers in a domestic fashion?“In a word: yes.Also, supposing she was “just a mother” and all that mothering made her forget everything that happened in her life prior to her children being bornHer houseyou know (to be a stereotypical as possible) the thing that she spends all her time and energy cleaning and taking care ofhas been a central hub of the resistance against Voldemort’s resurgence Unless she’s walking around with her wand snapped in half and the bits of it stuck in her ears, she’s probably heard about a killing curse or twosoyeahso and hedwig-dordt hit the nail on the head - Molly is hella powerful. She casts silent spells all the time in her house. She has the pots scrubbing themselves, the broom & dustpan working by themselves, and she’s out in the yard yelling at Fred and George, or whatever. That’s not frickin easy.And I think there’s still a lot of classism toward the Weasleys just kind of in general, even though the narrative of the books (& movies to a lesser extent) want us to question this (by showing the Malfoys’ classism as A Dick Move). Not only were the Weasleys instrumental in the first war against Voldemort, but their children all kick ass too. Bill is an Auror, which we learn requires very high performance in class as well as incredible technical skill. Charlie works with frickin dragons, nuff said. Percy makes prefect (and head boy right? can’t remember) and goes to work for the government. At sixteen Fred and George are so proficient at charms that they’re able to develop the entire line of Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes by themselves and they also manage the business. Ron, while hindered by persistent self-esteem issues, also on several occasions casts silent spells, performs well athletically, and is a quick thinker and great strategist (book 1 chess game anyone?). Ginny carries around Voldemort’s horcrux for nearly an entire school year and lives to tell the tale, and is basically Professor #2 for Dumbledore’s Army. If the Weasleys were rich, everyone would know them as the greatest wizarding family in Britain, but they’re not, so instead it’s “red hair, freckles, and more children than they can afford.”The story kicks off with the power of a mother’s love creating magic that is miraculous even by the Potterverse’s standards, and the fact that it was a MOTHER’S love that saved Harry is repeated over and over and over again.Why would this case be any different?There is a special kind of bravery that looks at what society calls ‘success’ and turning your back on it. Ten out of ten I bet Molly saw the insidious crony-ism of the Ministry (and its collusion with Voldemort’s first rise, high-key remember that the British government supported Nazi ideology until they started invading allies) and she said Nope. I guarantee she had some cottage business with charms going on, but she looked at the world and what it counted as success and still sees her brothers’ eyes in all her children, even more, she sees how all her children bring something of their own into this world, and she throws her whole heart and mind and soul into loving them. -- source link
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