#anti molly weasley

[expectopatronum18]

On look back molly and arthur having so many kids was soo weird because they were in the middle of a fucking war, a war they were literally losing at that. Molly's brothers were in the resistance organisation against voldemort. What would have happened if she and /or arthur were killed? Molly cries about that during the 2nd war when all the kids are teenagers, wouldn't it have been a hundred times worse when they were kids?? Did any thinking go into this at all?? Having 2 to 3 kids at max is somewhat understandable, but who would have stepped in to take care of 7 fucking kids if anything happened to either one of them??

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

How similar in temperament are your versions of Molly and Hermione? I can't help but wonder if they would be thick as thieves or Dire Enemies if they were contemporaries

Thoughts on Hermione

Thoughts on Molly

Oh, Hermione's a thousand times worse than Molly. Molly's the normal amount of judgement and spite you expect from a person. Yeah, she's not as nice as Harry thinks she is, but she's relatively normal. Hermione will cut your face.

As for whether they'd get along or not...

It depends.

In canon they get along fairly well but do have their moments of friction. Namely, in fourth year, Molly believes that Hermione's a gold digger because of the Rita Skeeter articles and that she's after Harry and Viktor and who knows who else. Now, they got over it, we discover Rita's a fraud, Hermione shuts Rita up, and Molly moves on to hating Fleur instead and thinks Hermione's just wonderful for Ron.

But they're both extremely judgemental and it's not so much about who the other is as a person but their veneer.

Hermione hates Lavendar and Parvati, and true part of it is their treatment of her, but a large part of it is that she views them as silly girls obsessed with makeup and boys. Hermione despises the very idea of them.

Molly, for her own part, likes girls next door who are pretty enough but not bombshells (e.g. Fleur) who know their place and have the humble virtues that she approves of.

It works out because they're at the ages they're at. Molly is so "mother" that Hermione doesn't think about the fact that she's raising these seven children, has no career, and has a very affectionate relationship with Arthur and is interested in things like household charms. She's Hermiones surrogate mother, not her peer. Hermione, in turn, is a bright young woman, Ron's close friend, and easily becomes a sort of Percy-like (but without all the betrayal) daughter for Molly.

I think they'd hate each other if they were the same age.

Hermione would think Molly is dumb, unambitious, too focused on boys and her future as a house wife while Molly would think Hermione's snobby, uppity, and weirdly focused on employment.

[hell-nah-man]

Maturing is realizing that Molly Weasley was not a good mother to her children. Conditional love is not actually love (EX: Percy, the twins, etc) and unless they conformed to her ideas of what they should do, they were harassed or neglected. (EX: all of her children). I loved her in the first books, but the older I get the more I recognize that she’s toxic.

[niconeekokneecaps]

So I see you're anti Molly Weasley (I admire your bravery), and can I please go off on something about her that I hate with a burning passion of a 1000 suns?

It's when she makes a dig at Sirius for *checks notes* not being in Harry's life because he was falsely convicted of murdering Harry's parents and sentenced to Azkaban without a trial. Even back when I was a fan of her, I was honestly appalled by that.

And then she's over here trying to gatekeep and prevent him from actually having a relationship with Harry, it just pisses me off so much. In general, she pisses me off.

I’m sorry this took me a while to respond because I’ve been busy with college. Thanks for the ask as well. :)

But this is one of the main reasons I don’t like Molly Weasley. There are a few other reasons (like how she treats Ron & the twins), but this is one of the biggest because that wasn’t 100% Sirius’s fault that he wasn’t in Harry’s life.

Sirius had just lost his best friend and another close friend (James & Lily) and would’ve been, understandably, devastated at more than likely not thinking straight at the time. And that is paired with the betrayal of Pettigrew being the traitor that sold them out in the first place.

Not to mention, the fact that he never got a trial and Harry was placed with the Dursleys by Dumbledore and even after the events of POA, Dumbledore didn’t even attempt to get Sirius a proper trial to give him a chance at freedom and the ability to be in Harry’s life.

All of that lead to being stuck in his childhood house, in which he suffered heavily and being around Kreacher and his mother’s portrait day after day with everyone telling him to stay inside. That had to heavily affected him, having to live around that again.

However, despite all of this, Sirius tries to be there for Harry, even if he is slightly misguided in what he thinks Harry needs, or what he thinks Harry should do (eg. sneaking out to Hogsmeade to meet in OOTP). Sirius still clearly had that love for Harry, which Harry wants and Sirius is happy to give.

[creative-girl]

Evie Drabble

So, this is a drabble from my fic which is centered around my oc Evangeline "Evie" Potter. She is Harry Potter's younger sister by one year. I haven't actually started writing it but I wrote this part on a whim because I have been thinking about it a lot lol. So, in this fic the Scamander family would play a major role in the story. So, my fic "Something Wild (Calls You Home)" which covers the years of Newt after this expulsion, will be the background for Newt here. Nigel Scamander is Newt's grandfather, and Annalise, Rolf and Lysander are Newt and Tina's grandchildren and Ria which is short for Wisteria who is Newt and Tina's daughter. This drabble is Molly Weasley critical and Sirius Black defense but only in one sentence at the end, so if you don't like these things then please don't ruin your day by reading it. This drabble takes place during Order of the Pheonix. Enjoy!

Newt thought back to his own childhood house that was now occupied by Ria and her little family. Now covered with children’s drawings and pictures of the little ones growing into themselves. Sweet Annalise with her confident smile, shy Rolf with his nervous grin, little Lysander being distracted by something that’s not the camera. The house was a home now, and full of life. 

It wasn’t like that when he was growing up. The walls were blue that almost seemed grey and the people in the pictures were stoic, or respectful if you asked Nigel Scamander. There was no life inside that house, only coldness. His parents distant, his grandfather demanding, his brother —. His room inside and the forest outside was his only safe haven. 

Newt was a sad child but he grew into a confident adult. That house was nothing but reminiscent of his mother's alcoholism, his father's harshness and his grandfather's control. When he was thrown out at only 17, he knew he never wanted to go back there. He did go back to Dartmoor several times but hardly to that house. 

He wondered if he was locked in that house again. Not the home Ria had created but the cold house with reminders of his traumatic past etched in every corner. With the same blue-grey walls, with the same stench of wine. With someone from his childhood whispering the things they used to say of him, with not a single ally, in fact everyone treating him as a delinquent for things no fault of his own. Newt would be a hundred in two years and still the thought filled him with dread, being locked in that house. 

This time Theseus wouldn't be there to make it a little bearable. Oh, how he missed his brother. When they were little they were distant, there was resentment between them which was just the consequence of people pitting them against each other. In fact, Theseus was the person Newt loved the most from his childhood. 

No, Newt realised, I wouldn't be able to survive it. And especially not after going through what Sirius had gone through in the recent years. That is why he felt anger whenever Molly disrespected Sirius like that. Sirius Black deserved compassion and understanding.

[hchollym]

How do you feel about the 'locking Percy into a pyramid' "prank"? I dunno why, but that specific one has always pissed me off.

I recently saw a post on Screen Rant listing 5 of Fred and George's pranks that were funny & 5 that were cruel, and they listed shutting Percy in a pyramid as funny... I almost screamed. 😡

It's definitely crossing the line. I don't care if Percy could have used magic to escape (which is debatable) or if the twins wouldn't have left him in there for long (which I doubt anyway); it's still wrong.

Bill's entire job is breaking curses at these pyramids; ergo, the pyramids are dangerous. Even if they've checked that this specific pyramid was safe, you never know for sure. There could have been dormant curses that became active in an enclosed space (i.e. when the door was shut) that could have effected Percy.

Not to mention that there could have been spells to prevent the use of certain magic in the pyramids, so Percy may not have been able to get out. He could have run out of oxygen or a part of the ceiling could have collapsed from suddenly closing the door (that's not supposed to be closed), and Percy could have been seriously injured.

I also don't think they would have gotten him out quickly. I fully believe they would have left him there and made some excuse to their family that he went back to the room to study for NEWTs (which his family likely would have believed).

Plus, it would have been terrifying for anyone to be locked in a pyramid, and causing genuine fear is not what I would consider a funny joke.

That being said, I don't actually think the twins intended to hurt Percy or put him in danger (just to be clear, that still does not make it okay). This is an unpopular opinion, and I know it sounds strange, but hear me out: I think the twins literally have no concept of cause & effect.

They don't seem to recognize that behavior = consequences (I don't mean consequences as in a punishment; I mean the consequences to other people that are effected). They compartmentalize their actions as being one-and-done jokes that don't have any lasting effects, and part of that is because they are incapable of taking responsibility. They know it's not fun to get in trouble, but it's never their fault when it happens; it's Percy's for being too dramatic or Ron's for being too sensitive, etc.

I headcanon that Fred & George both have ADHD (though Fred's is slightly more severe), because they have many characteristics of it (and ones that I see commonly in my students). That is not to say that all people with ADHD act this way, but it can certainly be a symptom of it. Since people with ADHD struggle with executive functioning skills, this can manifest in ways such as having trouble connecting "right now" to the future or having difficulty understanding why they hurt somebody's feelings.

This has been a pattern with Fred & George, even at a very young age (i.e. when they turned Ron's teddy bear into a giant spider), and that's why I tend to think that they have ADHD, and unfortunately, some of their traits were exacerbated by Molly & Arthur's parenting. Molly & Arthur were never consistent with them; sometimes they were punished for behavior (by Molly), but other times they were rewarded with positive feedback such as laughter (by Arthur). When children aren't held accountable for their actions consistently, it makes it very difficult to create a connection between actions, consequences, and remorse. This becomes an even bigger problem when the child is not neurotypical.

Anyway, this turned into a bit of a rant (sorry), but the point is, this "joke" was completely out of line, regardless of their motives.

Thanks for the ask! 😊

[hp-confessions]

Molly Weasley is not a good mother at all and every time i see someone talking about how good she is all i can think is that yeah she's not physically beating her kids to a pulp but that doesn't make her a good mom

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[teaforthotxxx]

Im sorry guys. But, rereading the canon text really makes me hate Arthur and Molly. Like yes they took Harry in but they were so rude to Ron.

She reminds me of my relatives and not in a good way. Someone please fanon her so I can like her. Side note: Euphemia Potter (in my head) would never treat Ron that way!

[hp-debates-ramblings]

Couldn't reblog dunno why

This is Reason #6 of why I don't like Molly

Who is a great character; but I don't seem to like 'Great characters' for some reason.

[thereisnolumos]

I think Fred and George are like my favorite of the Weasleys that we see the most of. Percy isn't so bad either. I get why Percy does what he does. I feel bad for Harry, but I get Percy. I love Fred and George cause they so funny, and plus I feel like they have a secret soft spot for Harry. Like they treat him like a little brother but more gently cause they're aware of the trauma and abuse he's going through. When Fred died I cried. It was so horrible in the books.

Fred and George are the best. They’re caring with a random clearly neglected boy they just met on the train, and yet they’re vengeful when they believe it’s justified and sometimes downright scary. They’re complex and flawed and fucking awesome. The only thing I have a problem with regarding them is that JKR didn’t bother to write them as separate characters with their own personality traits. And I HATED the way Molly treated them, constantly diminishing and berating their dreams and interests. But I hate how she treats all of her children really

I actually like all Weasley brothers, except Ron. It’s such a good example of supporting characters being written better than the main one. Each brother is unique, and complex. I love the subtle rebellions against their parents (especially Molly) of Bill and Charlie as soon as they got to “fly out of the nest”. I actually relate to it a lot, wanting to be your own person and getting freed from your family’s control, but not wanting to remove them from your life. In my situation we found the common ground much better than they managed to, but anyway.

I looove Percy and I wish his character had been explored more. I do understand his position completely, after witnessing Dumbledore’s incompetence at least three years in a row (and we have no idea what was going on in Hogwarts before Harry went there) I too would’ve been flabbergasted with the blind faith my parents gave in him. Him hating on Harry was horrible, I would imagine him sticking more to “Harry is being manipulated by Dumbledore” rhetoric, than outright hating on a CHILD, but well, JKR needed a conflict and I can understand him going too far and extreme with going against Dumbledore and everything and everyone connected to him. Also, Percy was THE ONLY ONE, out of four brothers currently in Hogwarts, to notice that something is wrong with Ginny in CoS. He loves his siblings a lot, especially the little ones. His letter to Ron was his way of carrying for him and trying to protect him from what he at that moment believed to be a great danger (and I really can’t blame him for distrusting Albus-children are the best soldiers-Dumbledore)

Fred’s death was one of the most hurtful to me, I cried a lot. Out of all the Weasleys she HAD to kill him off??? Ronald was RIGHT THERE! The hero’s bestie and all that. If she wanted the unfairness of war and all that, Percy’s death would be much more dramatic. He just reunited with his family after years of separation only to be ripped right away. He could’ve die protecting one of his siblings… that would’ve made more sense. Fred’s death was just… bad and pointless. He didn’t even die from a spell in a duel or smth. The fucking wall fell in him.

[mirrorofliterature]

as much as I dislike molly, arthur is equally to fault, equally to blame.

good parenting is a coordinated dance, and molly and arthur... are not in sync, they constantly undermine each other, and I just.

hm, thoughts.

[expectopatronum18]

I honestly hate the fact that it was molly Weasley who killed Bellatrix. Its just SO impossible. I get that it only happened coz Bellatrix was arrogant and underestimated her opponent, and taunted molly about fred, but it doesn't make sense and neither is it satisfactory. The only part I like about it is 'Not my daughter u bitch'... but overall I hate that it was used to show that motherly love triumphs over possessive love

In the same battle, Remus dies at the hands of dolohov as he had been inactive for a few months and performed more protective spells, compared to dolohov who was very battle hardened by tht point. But the same logic doesn't apply to molly, who was also in hiding at the time, and who's been inactive her entire life (in a battle sense) before ootp? Bellatrix was trained by voldemort himself. She's the most hardcore death eater there. She was able to throw Kingsley (guy who could duel 2 DEs at once) off after only a few minutes, could block Dumbledore's spell, took down 4/5 snatchers on her own, can literally throw a knife quick enough to hit a disaparating house elf, has experience from the first war too, and is just batshit crazy overall (I m not including killing Sirius coz he died due to his recklessness, also not including azkaban coz it doesn't affect DEs the way it affects normal ppl). We get zero evidence of Molly being powerful during the series. We never see her duel even once. We r nt told anything about any capabilities of hers or if she had any inclination towards fields lyk this before she settled down to have a family. It would be more believable (not convincing imo but at least better than what we have) if we had a single indicator of any power she might possess but we just don't get anything.

The author just wanted to convey the overall message tht housewives and mothers can be just as skillful, which is a good thing overall but idk how much tht works in a battlefield. Also wanting to prove a point doesn't exempt u from having to give some evidence to support it, otherwise it just invalidates and weakens the message conveyed.

Idk, i just wish that scene was written more realistically and gave a more satisfactory ending to Bellatrix after everything she's done

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

would they get along if Hermione was Molly's age and Molly was Hermione's age? In some ageswap au where Molly is somehow marrying into Hermione's family or something?

Would Hermione and Molly be friends if they were the same age?

Honestly? No, probably not.

First, I'm not sure Hermione would be married. It's possible. But on the other hand, without Ron being such a fixture in her life and if there was no obvious choice then it's possible Hermione would pursue a career rather than get married and have children.

If she did...

I can only imagine we'd have the same problem as the other post. Hermione would be judging Molly of being worthy of her child or not and Molly lacks ambition, seemingly lacks intelligence at least compared to Hermione (whether this is true or not is up in the air), and just wouldn't be what Hermione would approve of at all.

Molly, for her own part, would likely be very offended by this career woman overbearing mother who doesn't approve of her.

[headcanonandburn]

Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts Characters Sexualities, Gender and Stance on LGBTQA+ Pepps

Fantastic Beasts:

Newt Scamader: Cisgender,Demisexual & Demiromantic

Bunty Broadacre: Cisgender, lesbian

Credance Barebone/Aurelius Dumbledore: Cisgender,Gay

Queenie Goldstein: Cisgender, straight ally

Porpetina Goldstain: Cisgender, Gray ace heteromantic

Jacob Kowawski: Cisgender,straight ally

Eulalie "Lally" Hicks: Cisgender,straight ally

Seraphina Picquery: Cisgender,straight Homophobe

Brutus Malfoy: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Gellert Grindelwald: Cisgender, He is Gay and you can't change my mind. Transphobe

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore: Cisgender, He is Gay and you can't change my mind. Transphobe.

Aberfooth Dumbledore: Cisgender,Straight....still on the fence if he is Transphobe or not

Nagini: Cisgender,straight ally

Minerva McGonagall: Cisgender,Demisexual & Demiromantic

Lord Voldemort's Era

Tom Marvolo Riddle: Cisgender (tbh if it weren't for him canonically hating his real name i would probably class him as trans MTF but...alas), Aroace Ally

Antonin Dolohov: Cisgender, Straight Transphobe

Corban Yaxley: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe & Transphobe

Mulciber Sr: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe & Transphobe

Rosier Sr: Cisgender, Straight Ally

Abraxas Malfoy: Cisgender, Gay with a severe case of internal homophobia that was never adressed. Only married a girl because he was forced to by his father.

Orion Black: Cisgender, Gay with a severe case of internal homophobia that was never adressed. Only married Walburga because he was forced to by his father.

Walburga Black: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Fenrir Greyback: Cisgender, Gay Pedophile Transphobe (if Lycantrophy= Aids as J*ke Rowlling claimed then you can't tell me that he is not a pedo. Besides i'm pretty sure he was, at least partly based on Little Red Riding Hood's werewolf wich, for those who don't know, was actually a representation of real life pedophiles who pray on little girls)

Rubeus Hagrid: Cisgender, Straight ally

Madame Maxine: Cisgender, Straight ally

Euphemia Potter: Cisgender, Straight Ally

Flemmont Potter: Cisgender,straight Ally

Charlus Potter: Cisgender,straight ally

Dorea Black: Cisgender, straight ally

Cygnus Black III : Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Druella Black (Nee Rosier): Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Molly Weasley's Era

Gideon Prewett: Cisgender,Pansexual

Fabian Prewett: Cisgender,Demisexual & Demiromantic

Molly Weasley: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Arthur Weasley: Cisgender, Straight...on the fence about LGBTQA+ peeps

Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody: Cisgender, Aroace

Kingsley Shacklebolt: Cisgender,Demisexual & Demiromantic

Bellatrix Black Lestrange: Cisgender, Straight...not exactly an ally she just dosen't care for peeps gender or sexuality. Really as long as they are blood puritsts it's fine by her.

Rabastan Lestrange: Cisgender, Gay

Rodolphus Lestrange: Cisgender, Straight Ally

Dolores Jane Umbridge: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Rita Skeeter: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe (mainly thanks to the popular theory that Rita Skeeter= J*ke Rowlling. Though i do like the ship between her and Lucinda Talkalot)

Lucinda Talkalot: Cisgender,lesbian

Marauders Era

Mary Cattermole (Nee Macdonald ): Cisgender,straight ally

Dorcas Meadowes : Cisgender,Lesbian

Marlene McKinnon: Cisgender,Pansexual

Mulciber Jr: Cissgender, Bissexual & Biromantic

Crabbe Snr: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Nott Snr: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Igor Karkaroff: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Thorfinn Rowle: Cisgender, Pansexual & Panromantic

Goyle Snr: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Evan Rosier: Cisgender, Ace homoromantic

Barty Crouch Jnr: Cisgender, Gay

Sirius Black: Genderfaun (i've seen people headcanon him as trans MTF or even genderfluid but...i'm sorry...No! He gives me the vibe of someone who, while perfectly confortable in wearing makeup would feel ashamed to be seen in a skirt or wearing red lipstick for exemple. Eyeliner, nail polish, body glitter, chopstick and black lipstick? That is fine. Anything beyond that? No! And since being genderfluid or MTF generally implies being confortable in female clothing it's safe to say that to me he is neither of those things) , Bissexual & Omniromantic with a preference towards males.

Remus Lupin: Cisgender, Demisexual & Demiromantic

James Potter: Cisgender, Pansexual & Pan romantic .

Regulus Black: Cisgender, He is Gay and you can't change my mind.

Severus Snape: Transgender FTM (though i do love cisgenderSev headcanons as well.i'm cool either way), Demisexual & Demiromantic

Peter Petigrew: Cisgender, Bisexual Pedophile Transphobe (He could have made sure that he stayed in his cage where it's not very confortable but at least appropriate or at least use his "owners" wand to turn into a human and sleep somewhere else but, no, he chose to sleep next to his "owners" on their bed wich like...BRO! )

Xenopilus Lovegood : transgender FTM, nebularomantic & demisexual

Pandora Lovegood : transgender MTF, nebularomantic & demisexual

Lucius Malfoy: Cisgender, Bissexual with a severe case of internal homophobia that was never adressed.

Narcissa Black Malfoy: Cisgender, straight ally

Andromeda Black: Cisgender, straight ally

Ted Tonks: Cisgender,straight ally

Gilderoy Lockhart: Cisgender, Straight Transphobe & Homophobe (i once said that i thought he was a pedo but i saw a better headcanon somewhere that states he only dates people who help his image (ie conventionally atractive women in his age range) ).

Alecto Carrow: Transgender MTF, Straight Homphobe

Amycus Carrow: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe

Augustus Rookwood: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe

Frank Longbottom: Cisgender,straight ally

Alice Fortescure (nee Longbottom): Cisgender,straight ally.

Cornelius Oswald Fudge: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe and Transphobe

Rufus Scrimgeour: Cisgender, Straight Homophobe

Charlie Weasley's Era

Charlie Weasley: Cisgender, omnisexual & Omniromantic with a preference towards males.

Nymphadora Tonks: Gender nonconforming (i have seen people headcaning her as genderfluid wich i would be more than fine with IF the reasons for said headcanon didn't boil down to "they are a metamorphamagus who hates their birth name" i mean... Seriously?! while it's true that there can be shapeshifters who are genderfluid (Ie Loki from Thor) not all shapeshifters HAVE to be genderfluid and its perfectly possible to be cisgender and hate your birth name (ie me, one of my cousins and a shit ton of people out there) though if someone ever gives me other reasons for that i may change my mind) , Pansexual & Panromantic

Bill Weasley (i know he is older than Charlie i just didn't know were else to put him): Cisgender, Pansexual & Panromantic

Golden Trio Era

Percy Weasley : Cisgender, Gay with a severe case of internal homophobia caused by Molly. only dated & married chicks to please his mom.

Fred & George Weasley: Cisgender, Pansexual & Panromantic

Neville Longbotoom: Cisgender, Demisexual & Demiromantic

Luna Lovegood: Cisgender, Gray ace & Demiromantic

Ron Weasley: Cisgender (i do love the trans ron headcanon's specially considering is weird as heck that Ginny was the only female in the family but...let's be real with him being one of the main characters as well as a Self-Insert of J*ke's childhood crush/best friend and me headcanoning Molly as transphobe it wouldn't fly), Bissexual with with a severe case of internal homophobia caused by Molly.

Padma Patil: Cisgender,Lesbian

Parvati Patil: Cisgender, straight ally

Pansy Parkinson: Cisgender, Bisexual with internal homophobia caused by her parents. Omniromantic with a preference towards males

Blaise Zabini: Cisgender, Pansexual & Panromatic.

Theodore Nott: Cisgender, Demisexual & homoromantic

Hermione Jean Granger: Cisgender,straight ally (i know she is canonically confirmed to be J*ke Rowlling's self insert but honestly....Her?a Homophobe and Transphobe? NO! it would be hipocritical at best like....She will go on a passionate crusade for blood equality and for a better treatment of house elfs but the second a transgender, homosexual and/or homoromantic person crosses her way, she bashes them? I mean, get real: we all know that Transgender,homosexual and/or homoromantic peeps are as marginalized and mistreated as the elfs she so pationally defends and, like any muggle or muggleborn they didn't chose to be born that way. Being a homophobe and transphobe while defending the causes she does would be stupidity and Hermione, as we know, is not stupid)

Harry James Potter: Cisgender (though i love to read transHarry Potter fics but...let's be real: there's no way J*ke rowling would ever make her protagonist transgender,specially since he is the Self-Insert of her dream Husband as ig was canonically confirmed. though if Harry was actually a trans woman, i believe she would choose to name herself Lily, like her mom since Harry does seem to be more inclined to choose names that pay homage to the dead or people he cares about).....tbh still unsure if he is bi,omni or gay but he is definetly not straight, demi,aro or ace.

Draco Malfoy : Cisgender, i'm also unsure if he is bi,omni or gay but he is definetly not straight, demi,aro or ace.

Vincent Crabbe: Cisgender, He is Gay and you can't change my mind.

Gregory Goyle: Cisgender,He is Gay and you can't change my mind.

Millecent Bulstrode: Cisgender, Straight Ally

Tracey Davies: Cisgender,aroace

Astoria Greengrass: Cisgender, Demisexual & Demiromantic

Daphne Greengrass: Cisgender, Straight Ally

Astoria Greengrass: Cisgender, Gray ace & Demiromantic

Hannah Abbot: Cisgender,straight Ally

Susan Bones: Cisgender,straight Ally (My otp for Ron is either her or Hannah Abbot)

Rolf Scamander: Cisgender, Demisexual & Demiromantic

Victor Krum: Cisgender, omnissexual & omniromantic with a preference towards females.

Fleur Delacour: Cisgender, Heterosexual demiromentic

Cedric Digorry: Cisgender, Pansexual & Panromantic

Cho Chang: Cisgender,straight ally

Lee Jordan: Cisgender,straight ally

Angelina Johnson: Cisgender,straight ally

Katie Bell: Cisgender, Bissexual & Biromantic

Alicia Spinnet: Cisgender,Aroace

Ginny Weasley: Cisgender,ominisexual & ominiromantic with a preference towards males.

Gabrielle Delacour: Cisgender, Straight Ally

Colin Creevy: Cisgender,He is Gay and you can't change my mind.

Denis Creevy: Cisgender, Straight Ally

Lavander Brown: Cisgender, Bissexual & ominiromantic with a preference for males.

Hestia Carrow: Cisgender, aroace

Flora Carrow: Cisgender,Gray aroace

Luna Lovegood : Cisgender, Panromantic Gray ace

Neville Longbottom : Cisgender, demisexual & demiromantic

Next Gen Era:

Teddy Lupin: Nonbinary, Pansexual & Panromantic

James Sirius Potter: Cisgender, Pansexual & Panromantic

Albus Severus Potter (who i would rename as Remus Severus Potter, Cedric Severus Potter, George Severus Potter or Neville Severus Potter.... Or..... Pretty much any name besides Albus ) : Cisgender,He is Gay and you can't change my mind.

Lily Luna Potter: Cisgender,straight ally

Lysander Scamander: Transgender FTM,Gay

Lorcan Scamander: Cisgender, Pansexual & Panromantic

Victorie Delacour: Cisgender,straight ally

Louis Delacour: Cisgender,bissexual & biromantic

Dominique Delacour: Transgender MTF,Lesbian

Hugo Weasley: Cisgender, Pansexual & Panromantic

Rose Weasley: Cisgender,straight homophobe

Delphini Riddle (who i headcanon is actually Delphini Rokwood): Cisgender,aroace homophobe & transphobe

Frank Longbottom II: Cisgender,demisexual & demiromantic

Alice Longbottom II: Cisgender, straight ally.

....aaaaand...that's it.

[hchollym]

Hello! So, this might seem like a weird ask. The whole thing is based on the canon world, that is wizards and stuff. Everything that's going on in the books is still happening! I just don't want you to confuse this with a Muggle/No magic AU.

My question is, if Percy—for some random reason please suspend your disbelief here—decided to become an EMT in the muggle world (without using magic that is), how would his family react to it?

Again, the things that happen in the books are still happening, the only thing is that Percy's decided to go into muggle EMT instead of the Ministry.

Like, would they be kinda mad because Percy is putting muggle stuff/outside stuff over the war they're fighting?

Or would they be much more understanding? Maybe think Percy's cooler? Ngl, I'm asking you this for the sake of my daydreams.

Sorry for taking so long to respond! 🙁

Oh wow! That is a very unique idea/question! 😄

Do you mean that Percy became an EMT right after Hogwarts (instead of working for Barty Crouch)?

That would be super interesting!

Hmm... 🤔 You know, I surprisingly don't think most of them would react badly.

Arthur

Arthur is obsessed with muggles. However, he does not seem to see them as equals. In his mind, muggles are poor fools that need to be protected. It's less like fighting for racial equality and more like people fighting for animal rights.

In Book 2, he states:

“Just Muggle-baiting,” sighed Mr. Weasley. “Sell them a key that keeps shrinking to nothing so they can never find it when they need it.. Of course, it’s very hard to convict anyone because no Muggle would admit their key keeps shrinking — they’ll insist they just keep losing it. Bless them, they’ll go to any lengths to ignore magic, even if it’s staring them in the face…"

Then in Book 4, when Fred gives Dudley Ton-Tongue Toffee, he says:

“It isn’t funny!” Mr. Weasley shouted. “That sort of behavior seriously undermines wizard–Muggle relations! I spend half my life campaigning against the mistreatment of Muggles, and my own sons —”

So he probably doesn't think Percy is making a good decision to actually work in the muggle world, but I don't think he gets too upset about it either. If anything, he may see this as an opportunity for him to learn more about a topic that he clearly enjoys, and it could potentially help his cause by having proof (from Percy's testimony) that muggles deserve to be treated fairly.

Molly

I definitely think Molly reacts the worst out of everyone. She doesn't hate muggles, but she certainly isn't overly fond of them either.

She definitely dislikes Arthur's obsession with them (though in her defense, that probably has more to do with him wasting money on it/focusing on it instead of helping her with the kids/house).

In Book 4, Arthur says,

“Ah yes, I can see the plugs. I collect plugs,” he added to Uncle Vernon. “And batteries. Got a very large collection of batteries. My wife thinks I’m mad, but there you are.”

Also, what's even more telling is that in Book 1, when the Weasleys are at King's Cross Station, Harry overhears her say:

"-- packed with Muggles, of course --"

I know that JKR included this line so that Harry could identify another wizarding family, but she should have used something else (like Platform 9 ¾) instead, because they are literally in a muggle train station, so the comment seems unnecessary and rude. Think about if you went to Chinatown and said "packed with Chinese people, of course."

Plus, Molly wants all of her children to work at the Ministry of Magic. This is a comment in Book 4 (about the twins):

“And then there was this big row,” Ginny said, “because Mum wants them to go into the Ministry of Magic like Dad, and they told her all they want to do is open a joke shop.”

This is the same instance where she literally burned all of their order forms. She seems to have (sort of) accepted Bill & Charlie's choices, as well as Fred & George's joke shop (after they make a lot of money), but Percy is the child that she expected to go into the Ministry the most.

There would definitely be a massive row with her.

Fred & George

They likely wouldn't care much, because they clearly don't mind muggles either. In Book 4, after they gave Dudley the Ton-Tongue Toffee and Arthur yells at them, they say:

“We didn’t give it to him because he’s a Muggle!” said Fred indignantly. “No, we gave it to him because he’s a great bullying git,” said George. “Isn’t he, Harry?”

If anything, I think they love that Percy is now the family "disappointment" because they've spent so long getting yelled at by Molly that this is a nice change of pace. Plus, it takes the pressure off them. Even if they open a joke shop in the wizarding world, Molly still won't be as angry with them as she is with Percy.

Suddenly "Perfect Percy" isn't so perfect anymore, and it probably (ironically) improves their relationship.

Bill, Charlie, Ron, & Ginny

They are probably all rather incredulous about the entire thing and think Percy is mental for not wanting to work in the wizarding world (and Hermione encourages this idea because she clearly wants nothing to do with the muggle world anymore), but I really don't think they treat him badly over it.

They probably just think he's finally cracked under all the pressure he puts on himself, and if this gets him to loosen up, then it's not all bad.

I do think Charlie & Ginny would find it a little cool though, and they're both more likely to actually talk to Percy about his new life, whereas Bill & Ron will probably avoid the topic altogether.

Other Thoughts

One of the most interesting parts about this AU is that is has the potential to drastically change the story. If Percy doesn't work for Barty Crouch, then chances are, whoever is in his position doesn't do as good of a job running the department on their own, so people figure out something is wrong with Mr. Crouch much sooner.

Once that happens, they (i.e. Dumbledore) may very well be able to put the pieces together about Barty Crouch Jr., and then his plan fails, Harry never goes to the graveyard, Cedric never dies, and Voldemort never officially returns in a body. So is the war even going on anymore? Possibly not for a few more years while Voldemort tries to capture Harry!

Even if the war continues in the exact same way as canon, I think Percy's job in the muggle world could actually be beneficial. He could be there to prevent some of the damage & protect the muggles, and he could help muggleborns & their families escape through the muggle world in a way that wouldn't be traced back to them.

There's a lot of potential there for a great fanfic! 😉

Thanks for the ask! 😊

[arkadijxpancakes]

Yes. The Weasleys had too many kids. An analysis. (Part 1 of 2)

Everyone who read Harry Potter read about the prejudices regarding the Weasleys: They all have red hair, are poor and have more kids than they can afford. Insert a sneering Malfoy here.

The books were adamant that that was not the case. The Weasleys are depicted as the best family in the books. (Just look at the others. The Dursleys were narrow-minded, bigoted and abusive. The Malfoys were bigoted terrorists. The Lovegoods were weird. Let’s not even start about Merope and Riddle.)

However, if you look closer, the prejudices have some truth to them: They had more kids than they could afford. However, money isn’t the issue here, not really.

Yes, the Weasleys are clearly depicted as members of the working class. They don’t have much money and fall back on second-hand stuff a lot of the time. Ron in particular is shown to be using hand-me-downs in book one.

However, they don’t live in abject poverty. The family owns their own home on their own land. They have a garden to grow their own vegetables and they have chickens. This means that food scarcity shouldn’t be a big issue for them, because they can produce a lot of it on their own. (Magic should make this even easier, because they can use it for the gardening stuff. And if we assume that you can duplicate food, this should keep everyone well-fed.)

The main issue when it comes to money isn’t that they don’t have anything. They have clearly enough money to stay comfortably over water. They just don’t have enough money to buy all the fancy shit the wizarding world uses as status symbols. (Like racing brooms and dress robes.)

Could things be better, money-wise? Sure. But one can have a loving, comfortable childhood, even with second-hand clothes and working class food. So no. It’s not about the money.

It’s about time. 

And it's also about how the parents divide that time (and the work that comes along with it.)

The Weasleys follow a family structure one would expect from a muggle family of their time (the second half of the 20th century): Arthur is the one who goes out to work and earns money, while his wife Molly is a stay-at-home-mother who takes care of their home and kids. It’s also just their nuclear family that lives in the burrow. There are no other relatives (no grandparents and no aunts or uncles, either) living there.

I find this a little bit weird, tbh. The nuclear family (parents and kids) living alone, without any other relatives and with the father as the sole breadwinner, is a pretty new development. The practice only really established itself after the Statute of Secrecy went into effect. It developed first in the upper classes (who used this to flaunt their wealth) and in urban centers (where there was no space to live together with your extended family.) Before this, living with one's extended family was very common, especially in rural areas, where it was beneficial to stick together. The Weasley’s don’t really have a reason to live as a nuclear family. There is no need for wizards to follow the Muggle trend, and things were different before the statute. Living with other, adult family members would also be beneficial, especially for Molly. And the books do suggest that the extended family is quite large, so “They don’t live with other relatives, because they don’t have any” doesn’t fit their situation either.

This is a common theme for Rowling, by the way. She tends to ignore the extended families of her characters, whenever it is possible. The numbers of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins that get mentioned in the book is incredibly low. (The only character who seems to have close connections to his extended family is Neville – and that’s because the other members of his nuclear family are completely absent because of health reasons.)

Anyway. When we look back at the Weasleys, this leaves Molly basically as a tradwife. (Minus the religious baggage.) But let's start at the beginning. 

(Note: I will focus on the books in this. I don’t consider the games canon and will not use them as a source.) Arthur and Molly were born around 1950. We know that he went to Hogwarts from 1961 to 1968. They were close enough in age to start a relationship while still at Hogwarts, and they married shortly after graduating. For this to work, she must have been in his year or maybe the year below or above.

Bill was born in 1970 and was followed by six siblings, the last who was born in 1981. So from the age of ca. 20 to the age of ca. 33 Molly was either pregnant or nursing at least one baby at any given time. (There might have been a short break in that pattern between Charlie and Percy, but it only got worse after that.)

As I said before, Molly and Arthur seem to have a very traditional division of labor between them: He works at the ministry and earns money, she takes care of their home and kids. This means that Molly has drawn the short end of the stick.

While Arthur is working one job 9-5, Molly has to work three jobs and at least one of them is 24/7. Let’s pick them apart:

Her first job is to take care of the home. Molly cleans the house and does the laundry. It is also very likely that she is not only responsible for cooking, but for food production in general. This means that she takes care of the garden and chickens. This would be pretty exhausting, if not for her magic. She can likely cut down on time and effort by using magic for most of those tasks.

On top of this, she is also producing at least some of the clothing her family wears. We don't see her sewing, but she knits a lot. She is using magic for that, too.

Her second job is to raise their kids. Molly is their primary caregiver and does most of the parenting. This is a difficult job to begin with, but there are seven of them. This is where her workload starts to stretch her thin. It can’t be easy to do the laundry, while Ginny needs to be fed, Bill and Charlie are arguing in the backyard, and the twins have just vanished. Magic is less helpful here, because a lot of the work requires her to interact with her kids. She can’t really flick her wand to speed that up.

On top of that - and this is where things get even worse - there doesn't seem to be any kind of elementary school in Wizarding Great Britain. At the very least, the books do not mention any form of primary education and Hogwarts seems to be Ron’s first school. But Hogwarts still requires its students to be able to read, write and do math. Having some education about the Wizarding World couldn’t hurt, either.

However, someone has to teach the kids. And this someone is probably Molly, because Arthur is at work, and they don’t have the money for a private tutor. They cant sent their kids to an elementary school, because there is none. (And they obviously did not send them to a muggle school.) 

So this is her third job. This is another job she can’t really speed up with magic, because she can’t hex the knowledge into her kids’ brains. (Or at least I hope she can’t, because everything else would be disturbing.)

This means Molly has to take care of their home, produce their food, take care of their kids and teach them elementary school-stuff. All while being pregnant and/or nursing for circa 13 years straight.

Her workload just isn’t doable for a single person. It might have started off okay, when she only had Bill and Charlie, and it probably got better once most kids had left the house to study at Hogwarts. But the years in between must have been hell. And she did not really have any help to do it.

Arthur was off to work most days and seems to spend quite a lot of time on his hobby. Additionally, he just doesn’t seem to be all that involved as a father and seems to take care mostly of the fun stuff. 

His parenting style is much more relaxed than Molly’s, too. He’s probably the parent the kids go to when they want to do something their mother would say no to. This, of course, makes parenting even harder for her, because she doesn’t just have to deal with the kids, but also with Arthur’s parenting decisions. There are no other adult family members around to help her, either. They also don’t have the money to hire help. (No wonder Molly dreamed of having her own slave house elf. It would have allowed her to drastically reduce her workload. It’s a really disgusting wish, but I understand where it comes from.)

This is where the family dynamics probably took their first severe hit: It’s very likely that Molly’s workload left her with more work than she was able to do consistently. Whether Arthur pulled his weight in that regard is questionable (and he was at work for most of the day anyway.) She also had no other adults to help her, so she probably offloaded her workload elsewhere: her kids.

Yes. I think it is very likely that the Weasleys parentified their kids, especially Bill, Charlie and Percy. We don’t see it with Bill and Charlie, probably because they had already left the house when Harry meets the family. Still, it’s a little weird that both of them went to live so far away from home. Yes, sure, exploring tombs in Egypt and taming dragons in Romania is fun and exciting in and off itself – but being so far away from home that mom can’t rope you into household chores and babysitting duty is probably a really nice bonus. It would also relax their familial relationships quite a bit, because moving away gives them control over when and how they want to engage. (And it’s probably easier to be the fun big brother to your younger siblings when you aren’t required to watch and control them every day.)

We do see it with Percy, however. He looks after and take responsibility for his younger siblings a lot, especially at Hogwarts. You can see it in the way he looks after Ginny and how he’s constantly at odds with Fred and George because they refuse to follow any rules.

Fuck, he still does this after the big row with his father. Yes, the letter he sends to Ron is pretty obnoxious, but he still wrote it. He did not need to. At that point he had cut all contact, after all. He clearly cared for his younger brother and wanted to look out for him, even if he did it in the most annoying way possible. It would be interesting to know whether he also wrote to Ginny or the twins or not.

Also, did I mention that the Weasleys have too many kids?

They have too many kids.

It’s a numbers game, really. The more kids you have, the more time you have to use for household chores (you need to clean more, wash more, cook more, etc.) You also have less time to spend time with each kid individually. This is especially true for quality time – so time that isn’t spent on chores or education. Time that is spent playing and talking with each other, just to enjoy each other's company.

Molly is already working three jobs. She doesn’t really have any opportunity to spend time with her kids equally. She’s too busy looking after the home and teaching the older ones, while watching the younger ones and making sure the twins don’t burn the house down. 

I just don’t see her spending quality time with her kids regularly, because of this. It’s just difficult to talk with Charlie about his favorite dragons or read something to Percy or to play with Ron, when there is always someone else who needs her more. Full diapers. Empty stomachs. Unyielding stains of unknown origin on Arthur's work robes. A sudden explosion on the second floor. And probably everything at the same time and all the time.

So yeah. Chances are that her attention and her affection can be pretty hard to come by at times. (To a certain degree, this also applies to Arthur, because he is away from home so much.)

Let’s look at the timeline.

It probably starts pretty harmless:

1970 - Bill is born, and he’s the only kid for two years. Yeah, it’s Molly’s first child, and she is a really young mother, but she is a stay-at-home-mum, and it’s just one kid. It’s mostly her and Bill who are at home, and her workload isn’t all that big, because she can use magic for most stuff. The war has started, but it probably hasn’t kicked into overdrive just yet, so this shouldn’t affect her too much either.

1972 – Charlie is born. Molly’s workload is expanding, but things should still be pretty manageable. Also, they don’t have another kid for almost four years. This allows Molly to adjust to caring for two kids. She can also relax from both pregnancies and births. If it wasn’t for the war, this might be her favorite years as a mother.

When Arthur is involved in parenting Bill and Charlie, it’s probably on the weekends. I can imagine him taking them out to do fun stuff, so their mother can get some rest. It’s probably a great time for him, because he can bond with his boys. I can’t see him do much more than that, though. Molly has a handle on things, and interfering could be seen as overstepping.

1976 – Percy is born. This is probably the moment, where the attention-distribution in the family gets a little bit wonky. Molly has three kids now, and it’s the middle of the war. Bill is almost six, which means that she has to start teaching him, while simultaneously nursing Percy and keeping Charlie entertained/away from trouble. This is probably still manageable. She can wait a little longer with teaching Bill, so she can teach him and Charlie together. She can also hand him (and maybe Charlie) over to Arthur, so he can teach him/them on weekends.

Additionally, Arthur is probably still taking Bill and Charlie out for some bonding-fun-time. However, the war is in full swing now, so leaving the house gets increasingly dangerous. Their trips will get shorter and stay closer to home. They will happen less frequently, too. He will also end up working more because of the war, doing overtime much more frequently. When he is home, he is going to be exhausted, as a result.

1978 – Fred and George are born. The attention-distribution in the family falls off a cliff.

This is when Molly's workload starts to become overwhelming. Charlie will be 6 at the end of the year, Bill will be 8. She has to start teaching them, if she hasn’t already. Otherwise, Bill will not be ready when he starts Hogwarts.

And on top of everything, Molly has to take care of the twins. She has to do everything that needs to be done for a newborn – times two.

So her workload explodes. Molly is raising five kids, now. She needs to educate Bill and Charlie, nurse Fred and George, and has to make sure Percy doesn’t fall to the wayside completely. She also has her household chores that aren’t related to her kids. The war is still raging on. Arthur is probably tied up at work most of the time, and when he is home, he’s exhausted. And Molly will be pregnant again in a year. (Really, why do they have so many kids during a war? One or two, I would understand, but this is getting irresponsible.)

This is probably the time when Bill has to take over at least some chores, not just to learn how to do them, but to take some pressure off of his mother. This might not be parentification yet, but it will get worse over time. I assume he has to look after his younger brothers a lot.

On top of all that, it is increasingly hard to shield the kids from the war. At least Bill and Charlie are old enough to understand that things are really, really wrong and scary. And there is not much Molly can do about it.

1980 - Ron is born. The twins are already old enough to open cupboards. Molly is not having a great time. She probably hands over Percy to Bill and Charlie (“Go, play with your little brother!”), so she can take care of baby Ron while keeping an eye on the twin shaped chaos that is growing by the day. She will be pregnant again in a couple of months.

Bill (who will be 10 at the end of the year) and Charlie (8) still require teaching. Percy (4) isn’t old enough just yet, but he will be, soon. (And, let’s face it: It’s Percy. Chances are that he wants to learn, even now.)

The war is still in full swing. Arthur is still overworked and underpaid. Everyone is tired and scared. This also affects the kids. There is probably a lot of pressure on Bill as the oldest brother to watch over his younger siblings, to make sure all of them stay safe. They don’t spend much time outside their home, because it’s just too dangerous to do so.

Around 1980/81 is also the time when Molly’s brothers Fabian and Gideon die. (Gideon can be seen in the photograph that was taken of the Order before James and Lily went into hiding, so he was still alive back then. But we know that he dies soon after the photograph was taken.) Molly never talks about her brothers in canon, but this must have been horrible for her.

1981 – Ginny is born. They are seven kids now. Fabian and Gideon will be dead by the end of the year (if they aren’t already.) Molly’s workload is at its peak, while her ability to pay equal amounts of attention to her kids is at an all-time low. She’s grieving, the rest of her family is in danger, and Arthur is stuck at the ministry. This means that she will likely lean on Bill’s support even more. As Charlie is 8 now (and will be 9 at the end of the year), Molly might consider him old enough to help, so he might see an increase in responsibility, too. At this point, we are in parentification-territory.

With each day, the twins grow more into the troublemakers we see in canon. This sucks away attention and affection from their siblings (simply because they need to be watched and disciplined).

I think the following years are very formative for the family dynamics between the kids. It’s probably less pronounced for Bill and Charlie (who are stuck with chores and babysitting-duty and will leave for Hogwarts soon-ish) and Ginny (who gets more attention because she is the youngest child and only girl). It’s worse for the others. Percy, Fred, George and Ron are basically in direct competition for their mother's attention. I think the dynamic develops as follows:

Fred and George are active and pretty extroverted. They explore a lot and start to play pranks on their family members. This is overall harmless, but Molly has to pay attention to them, to make sure that no one accidentally gets hurt. From this, the twins learn that they can get Molly’s attention by causing trouble, so they will lean into it even more.

This sucks away attention from Percy and Ron. It causes Percy to veer hard into the opposite direction: He tries to gain Molly’s attention by following all her rules and fulfilling her wishes. This earns him her affection and will turn him into her golden child in the long run. It will also put a strain on his relationship with the twins, because Molly compares them a lot, especially when angry. This will cause Percy to perform the “Good boy”-role even harder (because he doesn’t want to be treated like the twins), while they start to resent him on some level.

Ron on the other hand is still too young to affect the family dynamic on his own. He internalizes that his mother cares more about his siblings and that there is nothing he can do about it.

The only good news: At the end of the year, the war ends. This will bring a lot of relief. (It’s short term relief for now, things will need some time to go back to normal.)

However, the end of the war also means, that Percy gets a pet. Either late in 1981 or early in 1982 he (or another member of the family) finds a rat that is missing a finger on its front paw. Percy keeps him and calls him Scabbers.

We all know who Scabbers is, of course. I just want to highlight how fucked up this situation is. Percy is 5, when he adopts him. Because he was a little kid, he probably took him everywhere without a second thought – into the bathroom, into his bed, you know, everywhere. There is probably no part of Percy’s body Scabbers hasn’t seen. Percy probably told him everything, too, all his worries, all of his fears. It’s just creepy.

And keep in mind, Scabbers – Peter – is not just a random wizard. He is a Death Eater and mass murderer. We don’t know if he ever hurt Percy (there are fanfics that do explore that possibility). He probably didn’t, but the idea alone is nightmare fuel.

To get this back on track: This could have impacted the sibling-relationship, too. It depends on whether the other kids were allowed to keep pets.

With that, we are done with the war and with Molly’s time being pregnant. The family dynamic is already fucked up – and it will get worse, as the kids get older. However, this post is long enough, already. So we’ll take a break here. Next time, we will look at how the dynamics shift, once the kids start to go to Hogwarts. See ya!