#arthur wealsey critical

[cixxsxturn]

weasley siblings and their favourite taylor swift album (according to me, if the books were set in more modern times)

bill: he likes lover a LOT. he gets teased about it but my guy over here is a hopeless romantic and has lover (the song) as his most played on spotify wrapped. he was a 1989 stan before lover came out 100%. his favourite songs are lover and daylight. he knows all the taylor drama and was avidly listening to debut, which was what got percy into taylor swift a few years later.

charlie: reputation. this was his first taylor album and he loves every song. when he first went to work with dragons, this was the latest album and he knew percy liked it, so he downloaded and listened to it on repeat so that they could talk about it. in his free time, he probably annotates the shit out of the lyrics of different songs. his favourite songs are ...ready for it? and i did something bad. his second favourite album is midnights. he was hella hyped for the release as he hoped for rep vibes. it didn't really happen but he adores it all the same.

percy: evermore stan. he lives, breathes, dies this album. his thinks the best song on the album is ivy due to the lyrics, but he enjoys right where you left me the most. he doesn't listen to it's time to go much bc the song hits a bit too hard for him. his second favourite album is between folklore and reputation. folklore for the lyrics, and reputation for the album's cohesiveness. he, too, annotates taylor's music.

fred: in public, he says his favourite is red, but he actually likes debut the most. he can't explain it, but the youth in taylor's voice and the lyrics are just something he really enjoys. his favourites are a place in this world and our song. his red favourites are starlight and message in a bottle.

george: his top two are red and folklore. where his twin is more active when he listens to taylor, george prefers to study to taylor. he keeps the volume fairly low and kinda vibes while he gets shit done. his favourite song on red is begin again and on folklore it's hoax.

ron: speak now. 200%. a personal hc of mine is that percy was practically a parent to his younger siblings, and percy used to sing never grow up to them when they were younger. he never really listened to taylor's music, but as he grew older and re-bonded with percy, he started to listen to speak now again. he thinks he has grown out of never grow up, and thoroughly enjoys innocent and mine, the latter which becomes one of hermione's favourites as well. his second favourite album is red, which is hermione's favourite.

ginny: she doesn't like taylor swift bc of the extent of the internalised misogyny 💀 BUT when she moves out, she becomes a fearless girlie. her favourite songs on the album are fearless and the way i loved you. her second favourite album is lover. she connected to the man on a spiritual level and, despite what people say, she adores you need to calm down.

bonus (don't scroll if you like molly and arthur)

molly: little miss misogyny does NOT like taylor swift. she slut shames like it's nobody's business

arthur: doesn't care. he's a bit busy being negligent.

#taylor swift #harry potter #harry potter headcanon #taylor swift and harry potter #ginny weasley #ron weasley #fred weasley #george weasley #percy wealsey #charlie weasley #bill weasley #the weasley siblings #the weasleys #saturn-thinks #arthur wealsey critical #molly weasley critical

[percydarling]

Hey there! First off, love what you're doing here, Percy can never have enough defenders. Second, you've mentioned that Arthur takes part in making fun of Percy and I was hoping you could refresh my memory on this? Unfortunately, I don't doubt it happened, but it's been years since I've read the books.

Percy Weasley really does deserve more defenders. Too many people hating on him amd trying to defend Deatheaters actions.

So yes Arthur. The thing is it's been a while since I read the books myself but I did manage to find one quote from the book.

"How're we getting to King's Cross tomorrow, Dad?" asked Fred as they dug into a sumptuous pudding.

"The Ministry's providing a couple of cars," said Mr. Weasley.

Everyone looked up at him.

"Why?" said Percy curiously.

"It's because of you, Perce," said George seriously. "And there'll be little flags on the hoods, with HB on them-"

"-for Humongous Bighead," said Fred.

Everyone except for Mrs Weasley and Percy laughed.

-Harry Potter, #3

So Percy asks a question everyone wants to ask and he is made fun of. Of course he's made fun of. He could say Hi and he would be made fun of. And there are readers out there who find it funny. I don't get the joke here. Please explain?

So coming back to the Arthur thing, I'm pretty sure there are some more examples but I can't find them. But the example above is still valid as to why I feel a bit salty towards Arthur.

I believe that as a parent you shouldn't laugh when someone insults your child. It's okay when siblings do it (sometimes and not very offensive like the twins) but a parent laughing at an insult specifically aimed at their child which belittles them and their position or passion or interests?

Sorry that's just not a good parent and the fact that Arthur laughs at Percy in front of everyone including Harry just seems to make it a million times worse than before.

And after the fight Arthur cannot talk to his son? There was something either Ron or the twins told Harry that whenever Percy's name is mentioned Arthur breaks whatever is in his hand.

I mean if you can't even hear your son's name who you drove away , by implying he would spy on them and then proceed to ignore him at work everyday and refuse to make amends, sseing as you are the full grown adult in this situation?

I'm shocked. The whole time I was reading Ootp I kept wondering when they would mention Percy again or ask him to come home or something but they don't.

They don't even care he's gone. Therefore Percy had every right to leave the family.

Sirius Black did the same thing. Not exactly the same but similar.

From Percy's perspective he has been mocked, humiliated, pranked, insulted by his family several times. Why shouldn't he leave them? Who should he stay for? His older brothers who don't bother? His younger siblings who send him hate mail (twins)? His other younger sibling who insults him frequently and complains about him to his friends regularly (Ron)? His sister who doesn't keep his secret (Penelope) or ignores him completely (Ginny)? His father who thinks he would betray them?

The only person who bothered about him was his mother. But his mother didn't do anything to improve the situation. But she did try so I'll applaud Molly Weasley for that.👏

To add on to the Arthur part, he doesn't apologise. He took part in the fight as well. Continuing on that point why didn't Arthur do something better to support his family? He's stuck in the same department because he loves his job? But he has 8 mouths to feed not including his own? And we've seen how that whole money situation has affected the children. Ron gets everything secondhand and he complained about it the first time he met Harry. The twins get money from Harry to start their shop.

And Arthur was in the Order so he atleast had some idea of what's going on. Percy had none. He was a 16 yr old prefect when his gf got petrified and sister almost died. He was made headboy just when the news that a serial killer is on the loose is announced and dementers are in the school. And a tournament in which his younher brother almost does. AGAIN.

I'm pretty sure he still doesn't know his RAT WAS A DEATHEATER!

When you stop seeing things from Harry's perspective you find that the Weasley family aren't that good in the long run. And they treat Percy badly. They do.

(Exxept for Molly, Bill and Charlie)

#percy weasley #percy weasley deserves better #arthur wealsey critical #ask #thanks for the ask! #i get so angry sometimes

[percydarling]

There is an Arthur Weasley tag on ao3: https://www.archiveofourown.org/tags/Arthur%20Weasley%20Bashing/works

But like the only one really relevant to Percy is this one fic I could find. It doesn’t even have Arthur in it, but it just says, ‘yeah, good for Percy, leaving like that’.

https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/26182351

Yup I went throught that tag on ao3 but most of them were either Dramione or Harmione with all Weasleys bashing.

Look I'm not on Team Arthur hits his children bashing because that's not his character but I'm not on Team Arthur is the best either.

I just want someone to call him out on his parenting because it sucks.

It's really ironic.

Letting Bill be a cursebreaker. That's fine

Letting Charlie become a dragon tamer and go to Romania which is really far with no prior experience. Thats fine

Being fine with the twins dropping out of Hogwarts without giving their NEWTS- which is essential ( Also money was spent buying their wands, potions, books etc) without any repercussions. That's fine

Being fine and not asking the twins where they got the money from because they're so trusting. That's fine.

It's the irony of it really.

#rant #arthur wealsey critical #arthur weasley bashing #its the hypocrisy for me