a fred and george weasley mix - SPOILERS for Deathly Hallows!
may angels lead you in | a fred (and george) weasley mix
WARNING: the follwing post contains spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. If you have not yet read the seventh book and do not want to be spoiled, please do not continue.
I always sort of suspected that J.K. Rowling would kill a Weasley in Deathly Hallows, and even had an inkling that it might be one of the twins. But I was sure that suspicion was wrong, deciding that no one could be so cruel as to kill only one of them. Nothing, I decided, would be more tragic than that. Of course, when I finally finished the seventh installment of Harry Potter, I found that J.K. Rowling was exactly that cruel. And, while I completely understand Fred’s death from a ltierary perspective, I was utterly shaken by it.
Fred and George Weasley have always been fascinating characters. They are extraordinarily clever but wonderfully lazy when it comes to academics, mischevious often to the point of cruelty but fiercly loyal towards their family and friends. Fred was perhaps the more outspoken and audacious of the two, and George the more docile, but these differences were barely noticeable because they spent so much time together that their identities merged. They aided Harry countless times, from giving him the Maurader’s Map to inventing several of the magical devices that saved Harry’s life in the last book. And they did it all with tricks up their sleeves and smiles on their faces.
This mix is a tribute to Fred Weasley, who died too young, and to George Weasley, who must live the rest of his life as only half of himself.
Quick notes: all the links are sendspace, and the zip's at the bottom. Enjoy!
1. brothers in arms | dire straits [+]
now the sun's gone to hell
and the moon's rising high
let me bid you farewell
every man has to die
For the first time since Harry knew him, Fred seemed to be at a loss for words. He gaped over the back of the sofa at his twin's wound as if he could not believe what he was seeing.
…
“What’s wrong with him?” croaked Fred, looking terrified. “Is his mind affected?”
“Saintlike,” repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. “You see…I’m holy. Holey, Fred, geddit?”
Mrs. Weasley sobbed harder than ever. Color flooded Fred’s pale face.
-- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
This song is meant to capture the tragedy that surrounds these brothers, too young to be involved in war.
The feelings the music evokes, perhaps moreso than the lyrics, paint a picture of Fred and George in their final weeks
together, sacrificing all they have to join the fight.
2. i will follow you into the dark | death cab for cutie [+]
if there’s no one beside you
when your soul embarks
then i’ll follow you into the dark
“Now you two - this year, you behave yourselves. If I get one more owl telling me you’ve - you’ve blown up a toilet or -“
“Blown up a toilet? We’ve never blown up a toilet.”
“Great idea though, thanks, Mum.”
“It’s not funny.”
…
“Don’t, Ginny, we’ll send you loads of owls.”
“We’ll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat.”
“George!”
-- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Fred and George are brothers, twins, best friends. They compliment and complete each other and are rarely apart.
There is the sense, unspoken but pervading, that each would die for the other.
3. in the deep | bird york [+]
thought you had
all the answers
to rest your heart upon
but something happens
don’t see it coming, now
you can’t stop yourself
now you’re out there swimming
in the deep
“You’re joking, Perce!” shouted Fred as the Death Eater he was battling collapsed under the weight of three separate Stunning Spells. Thicknesse had fallen to the ground with tiny spikes errupting all over him; he seemed to be turning into some form of sea urchin. Fred looked at Percy with glee.
“You actually are joking, Perce…I don’t think I’ve heard you joke since you were -“
The air exploded.
-- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Fred’s death is quick and unforseen, a brutal shock. George always had Fred, and Fred George,
and in a matter of seconds one is gone from this world forever without so much as a last goodbye.
4. hear you me | jimmy eat world [+]
and if you were with me tonight
I’d sing to you just one more time
a song for a heart so big
god wouldn’t let it live
may angels lead you in
Then he head a terrible cry that pulled at his insides, that expressed agony of a kind neither flame nor curse could cause, and he stood up, swaying, more frightened than he had been that day, more frightened, perhaps, than he had been in his life…
And Hermione was struggling to her feet in the wreckage, and three redheaded men were grouped on the ground where the wall had blasted apart.
“No - no - no!” someone was shouting. “No! Fred! No!’
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.
-- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Fred was brilliant as he was brave and mischevious as he was loyal. He was a prankster,
a brother, a friend and a son who was always smiling, even in death.
5. brothers on a hotel bed | death cab for cutie [+]
on the back of a motorbike
with your arms outstretched trying to take flight
leaving everything behind
“You haven’t got a letter on yours,” George observed. “I suppose she thinks you don’t forget your name. But we’re not stupid - we known we’re called Gred and Forge.”
-- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
The death itself is tragic, but what makes it worse is that Fred and George aren’t whole without each other,
that their identities are so intertwined that even they confuse themselves. They have never stood alone before.
This song is included for the imagery, two brothers sleeping on a hotel bed,
growing apart not by choice but by sheer force of nature.
6. hallelujah | jeff buckley [+]
and it’s not a cry that you hear at night
it’s not somebody who’s seen the the light
it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah
The dead lay in a row in the middle of the hall. Harry could not see Fred’s body, because his family surrounded him. George was kneeling at his head; Mrs. Weasley was lying across Fred’s chest, her body shaking, Mr. Weasley stroking her hair while tears cascaded down his cheeks.
-- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Death is an inevitable component of war. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to accept,
or that it isn’t painful, or that anything will ever be the same.
7. one day | the verve [+]
one day maybe we will dance again
under fiery skies
oneday maybe you will love again
love that never dies
“George,” said Fred, “I think we’ve outgrown full-time education.”
“Yeah, I’ve been feeling that way myself,” George said lightly.
“Time to test our talents in the real world, d’you reckon?” asked Fred.
“Definitely, said George.”
…
Fred looked across the hall at the poltergeist bobbing on his level above the ground.
“Give her hell from us, Peeves!”
And Peeves, who Harry had never seen take an order from a student before, swept his belled hat from his head and sprang into a salute as Fred and George wheeled about to tumultuous applause from the students below and sped out of the open front doors into the glorious sunset.
-- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Fred and George have always tested their limits. And when you think about it, really,
death is just one more limit to be overcome. A piece of Fred will always remain alive in George,
and who knows what will happen next?
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