"And Percy was shaking his brother, and Ron was kneeling beside them, and Fred's eyes stared without seeing, the ghost of his last laugh still etched upon his face."
Fred Weasley --- brother, son, friends, prankster --- his death came as a major blow! The Weasley twins, Fred and George, were inseparable! The unbreakable, prankster duo was the showstopper in the books and the movies. Fred's death (depicted differently in the book - excerpt in blue - and in the movie) just did not sit well with me. It did not sit well with the Phelp twins (actors) either. The retakes were emotionally exhausting for them - for one to see the other die. In the book, Fred dies just like that in the blink of an eye! One second he is there, and the next there's an explosion (during the Battle of Hogwarts) and everyone lives but him! One can never find closure as to what happened there! Fred, gone in a second!
I believe it hit me so bad also because that is what Sara and I are - inseparable, partners in mischief, partners in business, and partners in madness. And for either one of us, to lose the other, is miserable! Fred's absence was felt badly as the story ended. George was alone when the dust settled. Weasley's Wizard Wheezes had lost one of its entrepreneurs. The future kids had lost the prankster uncles duo that could have rocked fan fiction!
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This post is part of the April A to Z Challenge 2020
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