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Jun 30, 2021 · Molly and Arthur may have had plenty of their own kids to love, but it didn’t stop them from extending that to others who needed some. Harry is the most obvious person to benefit from this. From the moment he met the Weasleys on platform nine and three-quarters, and Molly realised he needed caring for, he was one of them.
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"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"
— Molly's incredible protectiveness of her children
Molly Weasley (née Prewett) (b. 30 October 1949 or 1950) was an English pure-blood witch and matriarch of the Weasley family after marrying Arthur Weasley. She was born into the Prewett family and was sister to Fabian and Gideon Prewett, members of the original Order of the Phoenix.
Molly attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Gryffindor House. Sometime after she graduated, both her brothers were murdered by Death Eaters in the First Wizarding War. Molly and Arthur ended up having seven children, consisting of six sons named Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ron and only one daughter named Ginny Weasley. She also played a large part in the life of the famous Harry Potter, acting as a motherly figure towards him.
Molly was a member of the revived Order of the Phoenix following the return of Lord Voldemort and participated in the final battle of the Second Wizarding War. Her actions during this battle caused her to be known as the witch that defeated and killed the notorious Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange.
Molly survived the final battle to see her family expand even further. By 2017, she had twelve granchildren: Victoire Weasley, Dominique Weasley, Louis Weasley, Molly Weasley II, Lucy Weasley, Fred Weasley II, Roxanne Weasley, Rose Granger-Weasley, Hugo Granger-Weasley, James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, and Lily Luna Potter.
Early life
Molly: "She gave me such a telling-off one night when I got back to the dormitory at four in the morning —" Bill Weasley: "What were you doing out of your dormitory at four in the morning?" Molly: "Your father and I had been for a night-time stroll." — Molly discussing her time at Hogwarts Molly was born on 30 October in 1949 or 1950 to Mr and Mrs Prewett. She had two brothers: Gideon and Fabian. It is unknown whether she was the middle child between them, or older or younger. Molly began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the early 1960s and was sorted into Gryffindor House. She once said that in her youth, she brewed a Love Potion. It was at Hogwarts where Molly met Arthur Weasley, whom she fell in love with and began dating. One night, they went out for a night-time stroll and whilst Arthur got caught by Apollyon Pringle, she managed to get back to Gryffindor Tower at four in the morning and was told off by the Fat Lady.
First Wizarding War
Molly Weasley: "It's all this uncertainty with You-Know-Who coming back, people think they might be dead tomorrow, so they're rushing all sorts of decisions they'd normally take time over. It was the same last time he was powerful, people eloping left, right, and centre —" Ginny Weasley: "Including you and Dad." Molly Weasley: "Yes, well, your father and I were made for each other, what was the point in waiting?" — Molly's and Arthur's rushed marriage Molly graduated from Hogwarts in the late 1960s. She and Arthur wed soon after. The family lived at The Burrow on the outskirts of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon. Molly and Arthur's first child, William, was born 29 November, 1970. More children followed: Charlie, Percy, and twins Fred and George. After having her first five sons, she longed to have a daughter but when she attempted to have said daughter, she had another son, Ronald, before finally having a daughter, Ginevra. During the First Wizarding War, Molly wasn't mentioned as a member of the Order of the Phoenix, something that was confirmed by Remus Lupin. This is likely because she was having and taking care of many young children at the time. However, her brothers were members of the Order, but were murdered during the war by five Death Eaters in 1981, including Antonin Dolohov, who was subsequently imprisoned in Azkaban for the crime. Given the way she speaks about Gideon and Fabian, Molly was distraught at their deaths and may have inherited their things, as was seen by her keeping Fabian's watch for several years. In 1987, Fred, whom along with his brother had a reputation as a prankster, burnt a hole in Ron's tongue by feeding him an Acid Pop. This made Molly outraged enough to wallop the former with her broomstick. Throughout Fred's and George's childhood, they pulled a multitude of other pranks on members of their family.
Between the wars
"Now, behave, won't you? Won't you, Fred? And you, George?" — Molly telling her sons to behave By 1991, all her children from Bill to Fred and George had been accepted to Hogwarts and Sorted into Gryffindor House, and Ron's first year at Hogwarts was to begin. Molly and Ginny accompanied Percy, Fred, George, and Ron to King's Cross Station, although her daughter was too young to begin school herself. After Percy, Fred, and George got onto Platform 9¾, another young boy approached her and politely asked how to get onto the Platform. She kindly gave him instructions, and told him to go ahead before Ron. After getting onto the platform with Ginny, Molly learned that the boy she had just talked to was the famous Harry Potter. When Fred and George wondered if he remembered what Lord Voldemort looked like, she became stern and forbade them from asking him. When last calls for the train came, Molly ushered her children onto the train and called for them to have a good term. She addressed the twins, telling them that she didn't want to receive any more owls sending the message that they had pulled any more of their trademark pranks, for example that they had blown up a toilet, and George quipped that they would send her a Hogwarts lavatory seat. Having become friends with Harry, Ron contacted Molly shortly before the Christmas holidays to tell her that Harry wasn't expecting any presents. She came to the rescue, knitting him an emerald green Weasley jumper and making him a box of home-made fudge. For the Christmas holidays, Molly, Ginny, and Arthur also went to Romania to visit their son Charlie. When Harry and the others returned from Hogwarts for the summer, he thanked Molly for the jumper and fudge, to which she insisted it was no trouble. When Harry's uncle Vernon barked at him to get moving, she tried to engage him in conversation, which ended up going nowhere.
Molly was frequently described as a short, plump, and kindly-looking woman. Like the rest of her immediate family, she had flaming fiery red hair and her eyes were the same shade of warm brown as her daughter's. Harry was shocked to see that she could so easily look "like a sabre-tooth tiger" when she was angry with her sons.
Molly was described as "porky" by Draco Malfoy and "dumpy" by Vernon Dursley (despite the fact that Vernon and his son were much larger than her). Between June and August of 1995, she lost a good deal of weight and appeared paler, though she seemed to get a healthier look back by the next year.
Hermione Granger: "If you don't stop, I'm going to —"
Fred Weasley: "Put us in detention?"
George Weasley: "Make us write lines?"
Hermione Granger: "No, but I will write to your mother."
Fred Weasley: "You wouldn't."
— Hermione making the one threat that could scare Fred and George
"My mother, can make good food appear out of thin air."
— Ron Weasley regarding his mother's talent for cooking
•Love: Molly was a very loving person and the epitome of a good mother, loving all her children dearly and often came to regard close friends as family too. She grew so fond of Harry Potter that her Boggart changed accordingly to include his dead body along with her family. Motivated by her love for her family, Molly bravely took on Bellatrix Lestrange and killed her to defend her daughter Ginny.
"'Accio!' Several small, brightly coloured objects zoomed out of George's pocket; he made a grab for them but missed, and they sped right into Mrs Weasley's outstretched hand."
— Molly using the Summoning Charm to summon Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes items from George Weasley
•Charms: Molly was shown to have been very talented in this field of magic. Before the Battle of Hogwarts, she was one of the individuals who cast the many powerful protective enchantments — such as Protego Maxima — over the school. She could also produce a non-corporeal Patronus Charm, a mark of her superior magical ability given its immense difficulty. Molly was highly skilled in food-related charms, to the point where her son Ron was under the impression she could create good food from nothing. However, it was clear that she used magic to make the food she cooked even tastier, as Harry Potter considered her the best cook he knew. She was also capable of casting a powerful Imperturbable Charm.
•Wand: Molly owned a wand of which was of an unknown length, wand wood and wand core. She famously used her wand to strike down and kill Bellatrix Lestrange during the Battle of Hogwarts.
•Family clock: This clock showed where every member of her family was.
•Kitchen clock: Her family owned a clock which didn't tell the time but showed options of activities to be completed in time, such as time to make tea, feed the chickens etc.
•A copy of The Healer's Helpmate: Molly owned this book, which covered magical remedies to common injuries.
•One Minute Feasts - It's Magic!: The Burrow contained a copy of this book, most likely used by Mrs Weasley to aid in her cooking.
•Enchantment in Baking: The Burrow contained a copy of this book, most likely used by Mrs Weasley to aid in her cooking.
Family Nymphadora Tonks
"Thanks for the tea and sympathy, Molly." — Tonks after confiding in Molly Molly had a rather close relationship with Auror and fellow Order member, Nymphadora Tonks. Molly often invited Tonks to dine with the Weasley family and the young witch was always a welcome guest at the events held by the Weasley matriarch. Molly would at times get annoyed at Tonks due to her clumsiness, but never out of dislike for her. Rather it was mostly due to the fact that Tonks' attempts at helping resulting in her causing minor annoyances, such as setting off the Portrait of Walburga Black at 12 Grimmauld Place. During these times, Molly would attempt to dissuade Tonks from helping, so as to avoid such accidents. Though there was a significant difference in age between the two, Molly appeared to be Tonks's closest adult friend: She appeared to be the only person in whom Tonks confided her love of Remus Lupin. Several people suspected that Molly hoped her son Bill Weasley would fall in love with Tonks, rather than marry Fleur Delacour and Harry Potter noted Molly was acting somewhat frosty toward Lupin during the 1996 Christmas holidays, though he misinterpreted the reason why. He believed she was in a bad temper since she was to have Fleur as a daughter-in-law instead of Tonks, but in reality, she was displeased at him for his treatment of Tonks after she had confessed her love for him, and was annoyed at Remus for not accepting it, and making Tonks feel alone. Molly reacted heatedly to disparaging remarks made by Fleur in regards to Tonks, which is indicative of the high opinion she held for the young Auror. At the conclusion of the Battle of Hogwarts, it was Molly who duelled and killed Tonks' murderer and aunt Bellatrix, therefore avenging Tonks' death.
Order of the Phoenix members
Molly considered Albus Dumbledore to be the greatest wizard of all time. During the Second Wizarding War, she was technically the first new recruit of the Order of the Phoenix, an organisation both founded and led by Dumbledore, having been asked to help battle against Voldemort almost immediately after his return was discovered. Along with most of the wizarding world, Molly was devastated by Dumbledore's death, and attended his funeral in 1997. Remus Lupin was close with the Weasley family, joined the re-instated Order, and saw Molly on a fairly regular basis. Lupin helped Molly get rid of a boggart that took the form of her family and Harry Potter dead; confessing to him that she was afraid of what would happen to her children and husband. Lupin comforted her, saying that he and the other members of the Order would take care of her family. After Dumbledore's death, Molly expressed her opinion that Lupin and Tonks should be together, as they loved each other, despite Lupin's protests that he was too old, too poor, and too dangerous for Tonks. During the Battle of the Seven Potters, Lupin saved George's life from Death Eaters, for which Molly was incredibly grateful. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Lupin and Tonks were killed, showing Molly grieving near their bodies. Molly initially believed Sirius Black (her "cousin by marriage", as his aunt Lucretia married her uncle Ignatius) was a murderer, who had betrayed the Potter family to Lord Voldemort in 1981, and didn't learn of his innocence until 1995. While both Sirius and Molly lived at 12 Grimmauld Place, they argued over the latter's tendency to be overprotective of Sirius's godson Harry: Sirius reminded her she wasn't Harry's mother, while Molly considered Sirius to be too reckless and reminded him that Harry wasn't his father James. Nonetheless, they got along well for the most part, as Sirius was thrilled at having the Weasley family and Harry Potter stay at Grimmauld place over the 1995 winter holidays. Molly was greatly saddened by Sirius's death in 1996 and was ultimately the one to kill Bellatrix, Sirius's cousin and murderer. Molly worked fairly closely with the late Alastor Moody and Kingsley Shacklebolt, being on good terms with both of them. She was shocked by Moody's death in 1997. Kingsley was responsible for saving countless lives when he sent his Patronus to warn the attendees of Bill and Fleur's wedding that the Ministry had fallen in 1997 and later became Minister for Magic, employing a number of the members of Molly's family. Molly was friendly with Minerva McGonagall, the former Transfiguration professor and Head of Gryffindor House, the house into which all the members of the Weasley family had been sorted. The two discussed Dumbledore's death in 1997. McGonagall would have been Headmistress while several of Molly's grandchildren attended the school. The Weasley family were all fond of Rubeus Hagrid, the gamekeeper and later Care of Magical Creatures professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He fought alongside Molly at the Battle of Hogwarts and they both survived the war. He appeared to be friendly with Molly's grandchildren, as seen by his inviting Albus to his house for tea. Molly seemed to be on good terms with Severus Snape, despite the fact that he disliked her children. However, she and her family obviously turned against him when they learnt he killed Dumbledore, but it was most likely that this changed when she learned of Snape's true loyalties from Harry. In addition, Harry and Ginny would later name one of Molly's grandsons after Snape.
is a diminutive form of Mary, the English form of the Hebrew name Miryam, the meaning of which is unknown, though theories include "sea of bitterness", "rebelliousness", "wished for child", and "beloved". In the case of Molly Weasley, however, the name is most likely derived from the term "mollycoddle," meaning to "to pamper or overprotect."
The surname Prewett is Welsh in origin. It is derived from the Middle English word prou, meaning "brave" or "valiant", and the suffix "-et", which implies smallness. Thus, it is believed to be derived from a nickname for someone small, but brave.
•Her husband's pet name for her, "Mollywobbles", may be a pun on "the collywobbles", British slang for a queasy stomach, especially when caused by anxiety. Possibly in reference to her constant fretting over the welfare of her loved ones.
•Contrary to rumours among fans that Neville Longbottom would be the one to kill Bellatrix Lestrange, J. K. Rowling stated she had always intended for Molly to be the one to do it, for two main reasons: firstly, so that Molly could "have her moment" and show that simply because she had dedicated herself to her family did not mean that she was not a powerful witch, and secondly, to show the clash of Molly's "maternal love" against Bellatrix's "obsessive love".
•Molly is portrayed by British actress Julie Walters in the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2.
•In 1999, when Warner Bros. was casting for the first film, Rosie O'Donnell had admitted to loving the books so much, she called the studio and asked to play Mrs Weasley without receiving payment. Chris Columbus called her afterwards, declining her offer as they wanted a strictly British cast. The aftermath resulted in Molly Weasley's signature in the books being hand-written by Rosie O'Donnell in order to fulfil her wish in some small way.
•In the credits of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, she is listed as "Mrs Molly Weasley", while in the credits of the other films, she is just listed as "Molly Weasley".
•Julie Walters' favourite line in the films is "Not my daughter, you bitch!" from Deathly Hallows: Part 2.
I think it’s pretty well implied that Rowling wrote Molly to be the caring mother that Harry never had and it’s clear that while the Weasleys lacked money their home and family were full of love. I suggest you reread the books again if you didn’t pick this up the first time, the loving Weasley household is a fixture of the series, which is why the destruction of the burrow is such a gut ...
I also think lots of her other faults can be explained as molly being a very busy, stressed mother of 7 children + looking after Arthur who has a lot of money worries. She forgives Percy = good mother AND about Rita Skeeter, think about how many lovely (but slightly stupid) people believe everything in newspapers. I think Molly is great!
She even goes so far as to suggest that Harry, Ron, and Hermione drop the D.A. because they will get in trouble with Professor Umbridge and the Ministry – trouble that, in fact, Harry desperately wants to provoke. So, Mrs. Weasley's motherliness has a hard, somewhat cruel edge at times in Order of the Phoenix. But we also get more insight ...
Nov 22, 2023 · Molly’s role as a mother extends beyond her biological children. As the mother of seven Weasley siblings and a maternal figure to Harry Potter and others, she creates a home filled with love ...
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