What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?

Arthur Septimus Weasley ; Gryffindor Alumni ; 29 years of age ; Husband of Molly Weasley There is so much to learn, but you have to listen to understand.

[princissa-black]

St Mungo’s | Arthur & Narcissa

[princissa-black]

“Well, not right away. Our townhouse is far smaller…” she struggled to keep the mild look of disgust from her face at the idea of being kept up all night - and then having to deal with a sick child - especially when the evidence of it would end up on her clothes. “Stop. That sounds revolting. I have never met an infant who did that.”

[arthur-underfire-blog]

Arthur pressed his lips together to hide his smile at her look of disgust. “Well, I’m not sure how many infants you’ve seen and how long you’ve been around them. Raising a child and being around one for only a few minutes is completely different. There is nothing easy about it, but it’s worth it.”

[emmeline-louise-vance]

They’re extremely similar to magical libraries. They organize the books in a similar way, too. Yes, that is the general idea. [She shrugs.] I have no idea. That is why we will go to the library.

[arthur-underfire-blog]

He smiles slightly at her. “Sorry for asking so many questions, but yes. We’ll have go to a library sometime.”

[princissa-black]

St Mungo’s | Arthur & Narcissa

[princissa-black]

“Two to a room?” All of the names set her head spinning - as does the idea of a child having to share a room in their own home. She shakes her head. “How much room? I imagine that my child will have its own wing… is that sufficient?” But there was something else in what he had said that bothered her. She purses her lips before addressing it. “What do you mean by work?”

[arthur-underfire-blog]

“Their own wing…” Arthur repeated, laughing after he said the words. “Well, I suppose that is plenty if you have the room for it. It’s definitely not needed of course, but it’s entirely up to you.” He was well aware of who Narcissa was, so it wouldn’t surprise him if she had more room than she knew what to do with. “Huh? Oh, well I guess I can’t tell you how it will be for you specifically because each child is different. Percy for example was never aware you are supposed to sleep at night so he was up practically all night crying. Bill took forever to switch over to solid foods because he’d always throw up. It seemed like I was cleaning my own clothes as much as his.”’

[missmarymacc]

“I do like your opinions though, sir. I think we could use more of that in this world.”

[arthur-underfire-blog]

“Arthur, please. Sir makes me seem older than I really am.”

[barefoot-marlene]

“Two beaters, three chasers, one seeker, and one keeper. Seven.”

[arthur-underfire-blog]

“Well I’m not too far off then, though I doubt all of them would be interested in it.”

[theblueheifer]

[mrfelixselwyn]

He nodded, not very well versed in muggle things, but still rather intrigued by their inventions. “I guess that makes sense. It’s still crazy to think how much stuff they have to create to make thinks happen we just need one spell to do.”

[arthur-underfire-blog]

“You’d think about them having it hard, but I think they’re in the same mindset most wizards and witches are. They wouldn’t like the change of something different to happen to their everyday lives, so they wouldn’t like magic. Probably would be scared of it, so they’re used to their way of things.”

[alecto-wil]

January 26 II Open

[alecto-wil]

Molly couldn’t help but smile when she saw his lips turn up just slightly. “I know, we really have to start thinking of what we want to name him,” she said. She watched Fred as he started to get fussy. “It’s been a long day for them,” she said, nodding her head. She smiled at her husband and passed him George and kissed both of their heads. “Good night my loves, i’ll see you in the morning,” she told them. “Thank you, I’ll see you downstairs when you get them to sleep?”

[arthur-underfire-blog]

Arthur nodded and with that took both of his son’s up to their room, tucking them each into their separate crib. It took a bit of talking to them and rocking before they settled down, but within about fifteen minutes they were both fast asleep because of the long day they more than likely had. With that Arthur made his way back down the stairs, finding Molly on the couch. He lowered himself down beside her, smiling over at his wife. “Have you thought about any names yet?” he asked curiously, resting his hand lightly on her stomach. 

[onceuponatime-fairytales]

[princissa-black]

St Mungo’s | Arthur & Narcissa

[princissa-black]

“So you do not have enough room for them. How much room do you need per child?” She was curious - partly because she had wondered just how long her little family could remain in their two bedroom townhouse before they would have to return to the Manor. She could not really fathom the idea of growing up somewhere without an entire wing to reside in.

[arthur-underfire-blog]

“Fred and George share a bedroom, and so does Percy and Charlie, but Bill gets his own room. I’d say if you have the money each child should have their own room because it causes less fighting, not that Fred and George are really fighting yet but Percy and Charlie do. You could fit two kids in a room, but any more than that is probably going to be a mess.” Arthur shrugged, not really knowing if it was always like that, but he knew his own boys were loud and always energetic. “Can’t say I’m an expert on all kids though. My boys just cause a lot of noise, but I’ve always been told kids require a lot of room and a lot of work.”

[arthur-underfire-blog]

✉:the last five owl messages my muse sent

What is it that you wanted for dinner again?

Come over here and show me how this works. It’s a lot easier that way.

Bill broke the vase. I never liked it too much so I’m not exactly sure if I want to fix it, but I promise he’s alright.

The owl bit me. I’m not sure if I want to continued talking.

I won’t be home until late.

[arthur-underfire-blog]

♫

Arthur actually doesn’t really listen to music, so he wouldn’t have any. He isn’t exactly the type to just sit in a room and do nothing while he listens to music, nor would he want something playing while he’s doing other things because it’d more than likely distract him. He is interested in music, but it’s more how it’s able to be played rather than any of the songs themselves.

[arthur-underfire-blog]

☞:five things my muse is good at

Building.

Taking care of children.

Being patient with others.

Focusing on tasks. (If it’s something he’s interested in, if not he’ll get distracted very easily and it will be one of his downfalls.)

Quidditch, but he never wanted to play or has gotten into the rules of it all yet. But Arthur did used to play for fun back in the day or help his friends practice.

[arthur-underfire-blog]

★:five things most people don't know about my muse

Arthur is very smart and did very well in school without trying for the most part, which is good seeing as he’d get distracted very easily if the subject didn’t interest him.

At first Arthur didn’t want any kids because he wanted to focus on his job, but the moment he found out Molly was pregnant the first time all he could think about was a house full of kids running around.

He can actually get angry. What most people don’t know is Arthur actually has a decent temper, but he’s better at holding it back than letting himself explode. Normally he’s the one who has to calm Molly down when she lets herself get too angry.

Arthur doesn’t really like cats...at all. They’ve always been his least favorite pet and he hopes none of his children will ever want one, but if they do he wouldn’t say anything and would merely not bother the animal as long as Molly was alright with the idea too.

He’s as picky as his children when it comes to eating. Arthur has gotten a bit better since his younger years, but he still internally cringes at the sight of anything green on his plate.

[xenoforthenargles]

“I would appreciate that. I’ve mostly been relying on takeaway,” he said, knowing that really wasn’t much different than any other week and if it wasn’t for them, he’d rarely ever have home cooked food. “That is always good to hear. Any interesting discoveries lately?”

[arthur-underfire-blog]

“Oh, there has been several things I’ve been looking into as of now. I’m still trying to figure out how aeroplanes work, but I feel like that’s something I’ve been looking into for a while. It seems like nobody knows what they are, but another thing that’s caught my interest as of late is eckeltricity and how that works without magic.”

[barefoot-marlene]

“Don’t the two of you practically have a Quidditch team now?”

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[arthur-underfire-blog]

“I actually don’t know the exact amount of people on a Quidditch team, but we have five now and the sixth will be on it’s way shortly.”

[mrfelixselwyn]

“It is kinda cool. Everything they do sounds so involved.” Though he took Muggle Studies, Felix didn’t understand most of what muggles did. A lot of it flew right over his head, and he didn’t spend enough time with muggles to study any of their inventions. “Did you just hear about these rope things? Is it something new?”

[arthur-underfire-blog]

“No, it’s not something new. At least as far as I know it isn’t. I think it’s been something they’ve been using for a while now, but I’ve recently just started to take interest on them myself. I knew about the telly and a few other things that require these things, but I’ve always been too focused on the object itself to see how it works.”