What Comes After, Molly Weasley, PG-13

[magentabear]

Title: What Comes After
Author: magentabear
Fandom: Harry Potter
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Dark themes, self-harm, mentions of death. Please don't read if any of that will upset you.
Prompt: 149) The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is. -- Marguerite de Valois (1553-1615)
Summary: Molly Weasley has survived the weight of two wars. She's not about

Comments

[magentabear]

Oh I'm so glad you liked it! I wanted her to be more than the support staff she always is in the books, but I couldn't very well ignore the importance of her family to her, so it was a bit of a balancing act.

Really, thank you for your kind review. The last line makes me all warm and fuzzy.

[gehayi]

Oh, now, THIS is an end of the war that I can believe in. Because battles don't end wars, and wars don't always stop when the soldiers come home.

I can see Molly having a hard time afterwards, because so MUCH had happened before that, so much pain and sorrow and rage and guilt that she couldn't deal with until then. And then Fred died and Bellatrix died (partly because Bellatrix was menacing Ginny and partly because Molly couldn't get her hands on whoever killed Fred) and the whole world came crashing down at once.

And I like this Molly. I never have liked Molly Weasley, but I like this one because it makes her behavior in the books explicable. I can see the woman in the books being tormented by fear and loss and guilt and trying to soldier on for everyone's sake and trying to keep everything stable and everyone safe...until one day when she couldn't do it anymore.

She's beautifully, painfully real.

Thank you for writing this.

[magentabear]

Oh goodness, it's us who owe you thank yous. Thank you! Both for the mod work and for this lovely, lovely review.

I'm so happy/relieved you like how she fits with the book version. That was my main fear, that people would think I darkened her too much. But she went through hell--twice--and I feel it would have to leave a mark. I'm glad you agree.

Thanks again for reading and reviewing!

[magentabear]

Oh thank you! I so enjoyed exploring her character for this fic and I'm happy it worked for you!

[lareinenoire]

Oh, wow. This is just magnificent. I love how you've taken what we know of Molly from the books -- the mother, the cook, the caretaker -- and given her a context that makes perfect sense. Of course she's doing it because of everything she can't bear to remember. Of course she throws herself into caring obsessively for everybody around her because if she stops even for a moment, she will inevitably remember. Because wars don't end for survivors; they're always lingering even if others can't see. Marvellous job!

[magentabear]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad the context worked for you. Thanks for such a lovely review!

[vanseedee]

I really, really like looking through Molly's eyes back at what happened, at the people surrounding her, and at her will to tackle the future. Thank you for writing and sharing.

[magentabear]

Thank you for reading and reviewing!