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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · 2007
NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
For six books Molly is the family's warm centre, a mother with a clock full of children and a pile of knitted jumpers. Here the same love turns lethal, and the one witch who could not be beaten by anyone else falls to a mother defending her daughter. It is the series' most cheered payoff, the line fans quote when they want to say that nobody gets between a mother and her child, and the one place in the books that the usual mild language gives way.
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In context
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In the Battle of Hogwarts, near the end of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007), Bellatrix Lestrange is duelling Hermione, Ginny and Luna in the Great Hall. She fires a Killing Curse at Ginny that misses by inches. Molly Weasley, who has seen it, runs at Bellatrix with this furious cry and sends the girls out of the way. She then fights Bellatrix alone, with fierce precision, and kills her with a curse that hits her over the heart. Voldemort turns on Molly in revenge, and Harry has to step out from under his Invisibility Cloak.
Sources (2)
- Harry Potter Wiki: Duel between Molly Weasley and Bellatrix LestrangesummaryReference checked
- Harry Potter Wiki: Molly WeasleyBattle of Hogwarts sectionReference checked
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