Ah, Potter, she said crisply, as if she had been waiting for him. Your mother died to save you. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. You see, Harry, they could not have killed you, even if they had tried. You told me last spring you knew I would 'suffer' at my aunt and uncle's house. Molly has an incredibly large family but still adopts Harry and shows him unconditional love throughout the story. It was empty except for three women: Ginny, Tonks, and an elderly witch wearing a moth-eaten hat, whom Harry recognised immediately as Nevilles grandmother. Harry loses his own mother but throughout the narrative he is saved by Lilys love, as well as the love of the other motherly characterseven those without children of their own. All that's almost as bad.". But she was also a mother, which meant she was willing to risk everything to make sure her son was safe. However, I have a real problem with his actions in Book 1, which, in my opinion, are the two big mistakes that he never apologised for: never checking up on Harry at the Dursleys', and nearly getting him killed by letting him face Voldemort on his own at school. "Whahuh?" I'm tired of only having half the story. "Is that why we're having these private lessons, Professor? She is a Gryffindor, and maker of fandom jewellery and props. I told her you didnt expect any presents and oh, no, he groaned, shes made you a Weasley jumper. "Most of it stolen," Dumbledore observed. (LogOut/ ", "If you think you are trying to threaten me," Dumbledore said warningly, not moving from his spot, "you will be sorely disappointed. It was a losing battle. (LogOut/ Dumbledore flinched back. With Lily Potter's protection upon you, they could not harm you." he pressed. Featured Image by Hung Chieh Tsai via Flickr. They made me do all the chores, never gave me anything new. This is perfectly juxtaposed by the love and affection of Molly Weasley. And she raised him beautifully. Albus Severus Potter, you were named after a man who kept me alive just to sacrifice me at the right time and another man who was crazily obsessed with your grandmother. She no longer cared whether Voldemort won. Dumbledore said, as if he had heard the thoughtand maybe he did. Her death was the ultimate gesture of selfless, all-consuming love. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Why would he do that if he was so afraid of them the rest of the time? Have you seen my grandson? I sealed it, I think it unwise to leave it open now Aberforth has left his pub. "It protected you from your own relatives in their homeyour aunt and cousin, who share your mother's blood, and your uncle, who is also bound to the charm by his marriage to your aunt. I've got my own private army, remember? "Wellmaybe" He remembered last year, when he could easily have let Dudley get Kissed by that Dementor, and that right after Dudley had tried to punch him out and nearly got them both Kissed. "It was more than luck, Harry," he admitted. Harry loses his own mother but throughout the narrative he is saved by Lilys love, as well as the love of the other motherly characterseven those without children of their own. Hes fighting, said Harry. The whisper was barely audible; her lips were an inch from his ear, her head bent so low that her long hair shielded his face from the onlookers. ", But Dumbledore ignored him. ", "Professor, my enemy is a self-absorbed, immortality-obsessed psychopath who looks down on everyone else like they're dirt, foe and ally alike, and the scariest part is, I feel like I already know him far too well." It was cruel! Maybe all the more cruel for this. The power that Voldemort knows not? Love is one of the hardest and strongest kinds of magic and as such, the only antidote to the Killing curse. How do you know hiding everything didn't turn me into a master Occlumens, and I'm just faking it? When Harry woke on his first Christmas morning at Hogwarts to find one of Mollys hand-knitted jumpers at the foot of his bed, it was worth all 39 of his cousin Dudleys birthday presents. But he also remembered storming out after Aunt Marge had insulted his parents for the last time. Harry was an abused child and Petunia did nothing to stop it or do anything to make his life any easier. Is Draco alive? "Ohhhbut you're already dying, aren't you? I can feel her love for me. Excuse me, I must go and assist him. "They called me a freak, said I was a burden, told me to my face they never wanted me. He killed my mum and dad! We're just getting started. Kelly is a graduate of Durham University and took a course on Harry Potter. ", "Oh, wouldn't I? As a result, the theme of death became much more prevalent in the book, which begins with the death of Harrys mother, something that JK could easily emote with at the time. Harry shouted. I think I know who that ones from, said Ron, going a bit pink and pointing to a very lumpy parcel. Your mother's love for you, and through her, the spirit of love that remains strong in you, in spite of everything you have faced." Like Harry, Neville grew up without his parents. Greatness inspires envy, envy engenders spite, spite spawns lies. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. What if you had actually seen that your great Saviour of the Wizarding World was a terrified six-year-old boy cowering in a cupboard on threadbare blankets because he'd got a higher grade than his lazy oaf of a cousin? She does become his mother in law later in the books but she practically adopted him since they met at Harrys first visit to Kings Cross station. What, you let a little kid suffer in an abusive home for ten years without so much as checking up on him just because you knew everything would turn out alright? She had her hands full with seven children, but that didnt stop her loving Harry Potter like her own. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. "My stratagems have not always gone ascleanly as I've hoped," he grumbled. He ought to be happy that his mother had done so much for him, even in deaththat her love touched him even from beyond the grave. ", "Yeah, I remember," Harry said with annoyance. With surprising speed, she trotted off towards the stone steps. From the pink aprons to the outbursts of tears, Hagrid is presented as a feminine and maternal figure. ", "But I never knew any of that!" You must have known what was going on. "That boy wasn't Voldemort yet. I was the last to come through, said Mrs Longbottom. You are not Voldemort, Harry. The author would like to thank you for your continued support. He knew that she could feel the steady pounding of life against his ribs. Harry knew he was a Legilimens. You have never been seduced by the Dark Artsnever, even for a moment, been tempted to join Voldemort's side. She had sat up. He'd crack jokes at their expense and run away before they could catch him. There were a couple of times I thought they were trying, butI guess they always just gave up on itIt doesn't matter, though," Harry said sharply. And then he remembered, tears filling his eyes once again, looking into the Mirror of Erised five years ago. Harry sat speechless as the Headmaster finished his explanation. How do you know Tom hasn't been secretly communicating with me through my scar since I was five, waiting for you to slip up so I could finish you off? ", "That would have been quite impossible, Harry," Dumbledore said calmly. The Weasleys are the polar opposite of the Dursleys and the Burrow becomes like a second home for Harry. welcome to the page, my lovelies! I'm ten years behind the curve on love. Yes, he breathed back. Lilys continual protection of Harry is clear through the series. No matter how much those in your physical presence tried to make you feel unlovedrelatives or no, in factno matter how much the outside world turned against you, she was always with you, supporting you, even if you were not consciously aware of it. Want proof? I believe it was Sun Tzu who first said, 'Know your enemy'. Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. But by far the most motherly of all of the characters was Rebeus Hagrid. This is my take on how he might have justified the first one in his mind. It is in your very skin. Good luck with that.) He knew that the Room would not be able to transform while there were still users inside it. But when Dumbledore tells him the whole story, he decides he's had enough and takes control of his life. "I knew quite well that no matter what happened to you in that house, you would turn out alright. Are there still people in the passage to the Hogs Head? But, between Lily Potter, Molly Weasley, Narcissa Malfoy and Augusta Longbottom, the books are also about motherly love. If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love. "How could you possibly know that? ", "I don't know. If I'd been able to control my magic like he didbeen able to take control, who's to say I wouldn't have turned out the same way? "What do you mean, Harry? Instead, Petunias devotion and love was entirely focused on her own son. Dumbledore clearly wanted him to be happy about itotherwise, it would disrupt the old man's plans still further. Another mother who has a large impact in Harrys life is Narcissa Malfoy. Harry sensed he had gained the upper hand and stepped toward him, bringing them almost nose-to-nose, and spoke with a voice as icy as his gaze: "Now you're going to tell me everything, and I mean everything about your plan to defeat Voldemort, or I'm going to let that famous Lily Evans temper off the chain.". Did you even trybut no, you never tried with me. "Tell me, Harry, did your aunt or uncle ever once hit you in that house?" What you went through, Harry, is something no child should have to endure, but you have not only endured, but thrived in spite of it, because your mother's sacrifice placed on you the protection of her lovea protection both physical and emotional. Every year she makes us a jumper, said Ron, unwrapping his own, and mines always maroon. 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