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Molly Weasley
1. As much as she hated to admit it, Molly was a little disappointed when Ron was born. She had really wanted a girl.
Not that she loved Ron any less than Ginny, of course, but at the time it was heartbreaking.
When Ron charged at Fenir Greyback, during the final battle, with no fear for his own safety, Molly realized how stupid she had been. She was more proud of Ron than she was of anyone else.
He had not only met expectations, he had exceeded them.
2. Molly forgave Percy for ditching out on the family, because she understood that her son was just confused and angry at the time, but she always wished that Percy had been there when she needed him the most.
The second war was one of the worst periods of Molly's life. Most of her children were unable to contact her and she didn't know if some of them were even still alive.
Percy should have been there. He should have stayed with his family, if only to help calm his mother's frayed nerves.
Every one of her other children stayed away because they had to, Percy had stayed away because he wanted to.
3. As much as Molly disapproved of Arthur's obsession with Muggle things, she couldn't help but be a little fascinated as well. It amazed her that people could get along without magic, it just didn't seem possible.
It wasn't until she met Hermione's parents (the first Muggles that she really spent any time with) that she realized that her fascination was also belittling. The Grangers got along fine without magic and didn't seem to have a real desire for magic to interfere with their lives. It was rude of wizards to think that the Muggle way of life was less efficient than their own, it was just different.
It was after this that Molly tried to get Arthur to stop asking so many questions about aeroplanes and plugs. It didn't work.
4. It always bothered her that Charlie never married.
It wasn't that Molly really needed anymore grandchildren or that she would have had a problem with her son being gay.
It was because she didn't think he was gay, he just didn't seem to want to settle down. Molly always worried that Charlie would get older and realize his mistake too late.
He never did, though. He always seemed content with his place in the family; the cool, dragon wrangling uncle. In the end, Molly guessed that it was how things were meant to be. She still would have liked grandchildren from him, though.
5. Molly had always thought that Bellatrix Lestrange was even more evil than Voldemort, though she would never say so out loud.
Voldemort killed people to further his agenda. Bellatrix killed people to please someone else.
Murder is always an evil act, but Molly always believed that killing in the name of someone else was more cowardly. She was even almost a little bit happy as she watched Bellatrix's dead body slide to the ground.
A/N: This has been sitting on my hard drive for a week and I decided to post it. The next chapter of my other story, The Closure of Knowing, will be up sometime next week!