So let me get this straight... Dumbledore can conjure hundreds of sleeping bags at once, but for some reason can't conjure a robe?

 

Robes as fabulous as Dumbledore's are simply too difficult to create by Conjuration alone.

/straightfaces

 

I never said it wouldn't be predictable; in fact, I pretty much expected Neville to kill Bellatrix in the end. What I *am* saying is that it would have been very *satisfying* if he had.

Correlation does not imply causation? One single proof?

I can't believe you used that word. Where I'm from, we call them Colored Lords.

Oh, and you've successfully contradicted yourself, by using Molly-killed-Bella as proof of Molly's prowess, while no thinking individual would equate Harry defeating Voldemort to Harry being anything resembling skilled.

I realize you're being facetious, but come on now.

 

Noise? Scoreboard?

Eh, lack of training doesn't necessarily mean lack of prowess. You see it all the time, when kids with access to the best (for example) basketball facilities and basketball camps etc., get handily trounced by kids who only had the neighborhood courts to turn to.

And the bit between Molly and Bellatrix was completely different: they traded a legit amount of spells, and there was no advantage on Molly's part - no prophecy, no wand that would turn on her opponent, and she's LOLOLHOUSEWIFE, remember? Go back and re-read that bit, as it's actually pretty intense (at least as far as any combat is in the HP-verse).

EDIT: I'll drop that sexy combat on you, since I'm feeling generous:

So again: SCOREBOARD.

 

A lot of people are Bellatrix fans even though she is just as ugly as Weaslette Sr.

Edit:Ok but she is still ugly.

 

Well, I don't know about you, but...



On topic: I completely agree with Grinning Lizard,

especially considering Rowling is a mother herself.

Still, it was definitely a WTF-moment for me.

 

Simply because JB made it so accessible;

"The children! Won't somebody think of the children!?" instead of "Mrs. Weasley, Duelling Champion, at it again."

"Nyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

 

I think Bellatrix lost because she was being overconfident. Molly only needed to be skilled enough to take her down once she had an opening. With something suspiciously like a Killing Curse...

As for the Harry Potter "expert", retard is retarded. How do you even call yourself an expert in Harry Potter srsly?

 

Yes. It's been said in the past, but this wasn't chess they were playing, where the outcome between a casual player and a grandmaster is all but certain. Molly and Bellatrix were dueling in the magical (and literal) equivalent of "Sudden Death." One hit from either combatant would have likely meant a kill.

And meanwhile, you've got Bellatrix laughing it up over there, instead of putting 100% of her energy into killing Molly. What does HP canon tell us about what happens when a Black starts laughing in a duel?

 

Ok I stand corrected.

 

LOL. I love spinning you up, Blaisey.

Why do you insist on trolling every thread?

@Scribblerus: Of course it was the Killing Curse. A curse that killed Bellatrix instantly, no mention of blood or anything, just her face freezing and a split-second of recognition/understanding followed by her flopping over.

What else could it have possibly been? Rowling just didn't want to acknowledge one of her "good guys" using the Killing Curse.

In hindsight, if it wasn't gonna be Neville offing her, I think I'd rather it have been George or Arthur, or hell, even Granny Longbottom as suggested by Oruma.

That makes me want to write a series of snippets (or whatever the right phrase is, omakes, one-shots, etc.) with different people taking the place of Molly in that scene.

Arthur v. Bellatrix, in which a tangle of extension cords bind and crush her, with plugs ramming into every orifice.

George v. Bellatrix, in which she's killed gruesomely by experimental and lethal new Wheezes, after being turned into a canary.

Augusta v. Bellatrix, in which Augusta flays Bellatrix, and a committee of vultures spring from Augusta's hat to feast on Bella's dead body.

Neville v. Bellatrix, in which Neville cries, "Not my grammy, you jizz bin!" and gives her the Nagini treatment with the Sword of Gryffindor. Bonus points if Bellatrix had, hours before, been made into a Horcrux "just in case."

Ron v. Bellatrix, wherein Ron lops her legs off with Sectumsempra, and Voldemort shrugs, saying something like, "Eh, don't come running to me. You *did* torture his bitch, after all."

Kingsley v. Bellatrix, in which they hit each other with cutting curses, allowing her saggy tits and his enormous yet scarred cock to flop out. In the ensuing silence, Kingsley recovers first, vomits, and head-butts her to death, all the while screaming that of course he should never have agreed to let Minerva attempt a half-animagus transformation while giving him a bit of a how's-your-father.

... it's a gold mine.

 

So Portus are you going to write a crackfic with said examples

 

WHAT THE FUCK WILL YOU STOP WITH THE FUCKING CATICONS

Sorry, had to let that go.

 

Eh, my explanation to Bellatrix losing is that Molly had a Ripley-in-Aliens moment. It happens. It sucks, but it happens.

Also:

Fucking this. That thing annoys the hell out of me.

 

Listen to you flippy-floppy bastards. First she was ravaged by Azkaban; then she wasn't trying her hardest; then Molly has no Skillz; then it was adrenaline that helped her remember how to throw lethal magic; now it's some Black Laughing Curse.

C'mon.

 

Everything about 'nyan cat' makes me want to slash throats.

 

It's a Weasley we're talking. I realise you have a no-homo hard-on for Bill, but C'mon. They have to be the most mentioned group of characters of the Potter series, and the most annoying group at that. You could easily shave three or four of them off without losing much for the general plot*.

Just saying, no one likes them all that much.

*Seriously, George and Fred as the eldest, Ron as the middle child and Ginny as the beloved daughter and youngest. Percy, Bill, and Charlie are not needed.

 

When I read shit like this whole Molly/Bella discussion I'm always glad that I stopped reading DH halfway through.

 

Say that to my face. And not online.

Motherfucker.