somewhere between the soul and soft machine

this means so much to me. so much

Okay but like actually this is the most thoughtful gift IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

It might seem to make more sense to give Ron the precious family heirloom (remember that Molly’s brother Fabian died in the First Wizarding War; Molly has held onto his watch out of sentimentality since then). But Ron is the sixth son in his (canonically financially-struggling) family. He’s been forced into hand-me-downs his whole life. If he’d gotten the watch with a dent in the back, he wouldn’t have appreciated it; he’d only have seen the flaw. And if his mum bought Harry a new watch instead of getting Ron one, Ron would have resented that. A new watch was a worthwhile expense to get Ron a rare taste of the luxury and individual attention he has always craved.

Harry, though. Harry has money; Harry has new things. What Harry does not have is family. Harry is an orphan. Other than one photo album and the invisibility cloak, he doesn’t have anything that came with family history attached. What Molly does here is give him that; she makes him part of the family, symbolically, by giving him an emotionally significant if physically imperfect item. She gives him love in a tangible form.

This is why I will fight anyone who insults the Weasleys.

Fucking fight me.

So I scribbled it. 🤷

Wesley appreciation post!

charlie weasley (age 12) meets newt scamander (age 87)

(on twitter)

Asdfghhjkll this is so cute!!!

Not my daughter, you bitch!

tbh the most unrealistic thing in harry potter is when mrs weasley in the first book asks “now what’s the platform number?”

like this woman has been going to that school for seven years and then dropped kids off on the same place for nearly ten like why on earth would she forget the platform number

Y'know how parents often ask their kids questions with obvious answers, not necessarily for the sake of being rhetorical, but for more the sake of having them feel important and knowledgeable? It was Ron’s first year. Perhaps she just wanted him to feel significant, to have that excitement. Maybe it was a running gag - she might’ve done it with all of them. The older siblings might roll their eyes and groan, ‘Mum…’, but she would tut and look at the youngest member of the pack with an expectant patience in her eyes, along with the caring, motherly love. She might even do it the next year, with Ginny. It might’ve just been a thing, to ask, ‘Now, what’s the platform number?’, just to hear her kids chorus, ‘9 and ¾, Mum!’, though not always as enthusiastically as she’d hoped. Not criticizing, because it initially pissed me off, too, but that’s just my two cents.

this is so true

Adults especially do it with younger children–colors, alphabets, stop signs, animal sounds. It is amazing to see their reactions when they finally get it. Sometimes it backfires: when my niece was three, my sister asked her what color the stop sign was and she said, “Red, mommy. How do you not know that?” 

Generally, though, it’s an educational tool and a good tactic for dealing with the littles. Kids are fricking sponges and they see everything and they learn more in 5 years than the next 80. And they have grown ups saying things to them information ALL THE TIME. You would be surprised at what they actually do know! Asking what seem like ridiculously rhetorical, obvious questions is a great way to 

1. teach them 

2. reinforce things they are learning 

3. give them a chance to show off their knowledge & build self-esteem

and that is probably what Mrs Weasley was doing.

Alternatively, she does have seven children and children destroy mommy brain cells, so the part of her brain that remembers what the fricking platform number is might just be gone.

No but can you just imagine Mrs Weasley getting to the magical afterlife one day and the first thing she sees is a girl with red hair sprinting towards her.

For a fleeting moment she thinks it’s Ginny, but as the girl comes closer she recognises the kind smile and the emerald eyes that are shining with tears. It’s Lily Potter.

Lily pulls Mrs Weasley into a tight hug and can only whisper three words before dissolving into tears.

“Thank you, Molly.”

name meanings + harry potter girls (pt 3)