Alright, here’s another Harry Potter gripe.
Complete with Harry Potter spoilers, in case that’s an issue five years after the final book came out and a year and a half after that book’s movie.
Bellatrix Lestrange.
She was all-around terrible, having among many other things killed Sirius Black, tortured Hermione, and crucio’d Neville Longbottom’s parents into permanent brain damage.
But who kills her in the end? Molly fucking Weasley.
I mean, that is what brings us the famous “NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!” line, as Molly went toward Bellatrix when she saw she was battling with Ginny at the time, and was already grief-stricken from having lost Fred.
But it should have been Neville. True, true, Neville already showed his stuff in slicing Nagini in half with the Gryffindor sword. Yet it seemed like part of his growing strength should have also included avenging his parents. After finishing off Nagini, he should have sliced off Bellatrix’s head.
Instead, Molly Weasley had the honors. Yeah, she was clearly aching to show her badass side, too, after all the coddling she does the rest of the series. Just seems like Augustus Rookwood, who caused the explosion that killed Fred, should have been the better target. Or at least Antonin Dolohov, who killed the Gideon and Fabian Prewett, who were her brothers.
Or maybe she was avenging Sirius, with whom she had some constant friction. That’s a weirdly sweet way of looking at it.
Still, though… Neville was due! :doitnow:

They just aired ‘Goblet of Fire’ on ABC tonight which re-sparked my interest in Harry Potter just shortly before discovering the topic of your latest blog post. 🙂