Arthur Weasley

Arthur Weasley is the patriarch of the Weasley household in the Harry Potter series. He is the husband of Molly and the father of Bill, Charlie, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny.
== Personality ==
Arthur was best described as a fair, well-meaning and good-hearted man who opposed discrimination against Muggle-Borns, Muggles, Half-Breeds and Werewolves. At the same time he was also a man of responsibility who cared for his family while juggling his work at the Ministry of Magic. 
Perhaps one of Arthur's most defining traits was his fascination with Muggles (non-magical people) as well as their livelihoods and manner of technology. He was fascinated by many Muggle artefacts including common-day objects such as a telephone and rubber duck. Another example is with him seen eagerly conversing with Hermione's parents in the Chamber of Secrets film. He was also friendly towards Vernon, Petunia and Dudley Dursley, despite their obvious and open disdain towards wizarding kind as well as their mistreatment of Harry. Unfortunately, this liking coupled with his strong sense of equality gave him a rather negative reputation with others, especially upon Pure-Blood supremacists such as Lucius Malfoy. Although he never had any bother with this, given that his idea of disgrace was very different from those of whom looked down on him and his family. He also drafted the proposition of the Muggle Protection Act, which many Pure-Blood wizards to offence to. Furthermore, he was outraged at Fred and George's prank on Dudley Dursley, although the twins did not do this due to Dudley being a Muggle but rather of him being a "bullying git".
Unlike his wife, who was very strict and rule-abiding with her children. Arthur had a more adventurous side when it came to Fred and George's shenanigans, and did encourage them to try new things on occasion, albeit with obvious restrictions such as punishing the two for attempting to cast the Unbreakable Vow on Ron (with Ron saying that this time was the angriest his father had ever seen him). 
Arthur also had something of a broad temper, which is most clearly shown when he got into a physical fight with Lucius Malfoy at Flourish & Blotts. He was also outraged at his son; Percy Weasley, who had abandoned his family due to his promotion as secretary for Cornelius Fudge. Even in spite of this however, Arthur still loved and cared for all of his family and by extension; Harry Potter, who he saw just as such.
== Trivia ==
* Arthur was originally intended to perish in one of the last three books, possibly when Nagini accosts him. Rowling decided to have him live since she wanted to preserve one of the few good parents in the series.
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