How does mrs weasley kill bellatrix

Community Showcase More. Follow TV Tropes. You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account. Did Mrs. Weasley really use the Killing Curse on Bellatrix Lestrange?

The Killing Curse isn't the only curse that can kill, it's just very effective at doing so. Considering where it impacted, that spell could have done a lot of internal damage just with a fair amount of force behind it. If she didn't use the Killing Curse, she should have. The good guys were too nice and thus easily defeated; while they played with children's magic by knocking out the opposition, the bad guys played for keeps and would have crushed the resistance at Hogwarts if not for an incredible Ass Pull at the end.

Molly took Bellatrix out with one spell. How, exactly, is using the Killing Curse which kills instantly not as 'nice' as using a spell that still killed her but could have made it far more painful? Indeed, the Killing Curse is probably the most effective spell in terms of lethality, considering that it's essentially an Instant Death Bullet. How exactly is stupefying less effective than killing from the combat prospective?

This way or that, the enemy is incapacitated. Rowling Story. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Molly Weasley's curse. View source. History Talk 0. Why would you assume otherwise? Because it does not happen on-screen during the series? Well, she's older than that. Show 11 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. JKR stated during her interview in Carnegie Hall that Molly was simply talented enough and also had the power of love on her side: Question: How did you decide that Molly Weasley would be the one to finish off Bellatrix?

Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. JMFB: No, it wasn't lame writing. The key point is that appearances can be deceiving: Molly was very, very good, but she did not make it her task in life to show how good she was. Unlike Voldemort, who absolutely had to be seen as the most powerful wizard ever -- the first to conquer death. Granted, it would have been better writing to somehow foreshadow this high though hidden level of skill, but I wouldn't agree that it descended to "lame" writing.

Wayne I seem to remember that there were some exceptional? Not flashy, but probably takes as much or more skill than "just" shooting multiple curses towards another person.

Raphael: Good point. I forget the exact quote, but at one point she tells Harry that the curse he was trying didn't work because you've got to want to hurt the target. So Lestrange was highly effective at dueling because she whole-heartedly wanted it to work and believed it would work. Additional point - it seems likely to me that Ginny, being the only girl among her brothers, would be designed to reflect something about their mother - and Ginny among all the Weasley children is repeatedly mentioned as being unusually powerful.

The power of love It makes one man weep, and another man sing. Show 3 more comments. It is not any one thing - and you actually pretty much cover all the factors in your question.

HorusKol HorusKol Molly was out to stop kill Bellatrix and didn't care if she died in the process. People fighting in this particular manner are difficult to defend against. I thought I remembered a line in one of the last three books when Arthur says to her "You weren't here then, Molly.

It was a different time" and goes on to talk about how they were so much more prepared for this second fight with Voldemort than the first one — childcat Do you have any evidence Molly shouldn't have been able to kill Bellatrix?

I see no reason to believe that. GreenMatt The book doesn't specify the spell Bellatrix hit Sirius with. The film may have had her use the AK, but the book didn't. Show 4 more comments.

Welcome to the site. Opinion based answers aren't really used here. You should back up your answers with facts and references.

Add a comment. August Janse August Janse 1, 1 1 gold badge 16 16 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. Philip Philip 41 1 1 bronze badge. Aurora Aurora 31 3 3 bronze badges. I edited your answer slightly to emphasise the part that really answers the question - hope you don't mind. Is "She did consider her a serious threat" a typo for "She did n't Re your question at the end although you shouldn't really be posting new questions in answers : maybe Molly hadn't been fighting as hard before and wanted to ensure her arms were free and fully mobile for what was going to be a tough duel.

No, my intended answer was that Bellatrix did not consider Molly a serious threat. She was laughing and taunting her, as opposed to focusing on dueling.

And good point, as far as perhaps Molly had not been dueling prior to facing Bellatrix. Thomas Thomas 1. Upcoming Events. November Topic Challenge: Samuel R.