DIRECTOR'S CUT: Five Keys to a Happy Family: The Weasleys
Added 2022-12-12 20:55:30 +0000 UTCWhat makes a family bond strong and long-lasting?
Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright are talking about five keys to happy families with the beloved Weasley family from the Harry Potter series. They discuss how the Weasleys lead with love, have fun and bond, stand up for each other, and show support and comfort during good and hard times. They praise the production designers and the brilliant actors for portraying the love and care of the Weasleys. Alan wants to snuggle up in a corner of the Burrow, and Jono is trademarking his term Microaffection™.
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As one of your trans patrons, watching videos like these is the only way I consume Harry Potter media anymore. Glad to know you and Alan are the ones benefiting from my watch time, not her
Evan Linden
2024-09-25 04:19:03 +0000 UTCAs a child who was a part of a broken home, having a Weasley family was everything to me. Sadly, not all was as it seemed for some. Still, it was so amazing to have an escape route. I also remember reading that part in the book and reading it exactly as Jono described. I enjoyed the scene as it was done in the movie, still, but I love my more unhinged version of Molly to this day. Thanks for making this!
SaucyJTD
2024-05-07 22:43:19 +0000 UTCIt would be cool to see another Harry Potter episode like this about friendships! Lots of moment with the trio show good friendships and there are also great moments with Neville and Luna
Sierra
2024-01-20 02:37:02 +0000 UTCHi, our video content is not downloadable. You can watch and enjoy it all on Patreon any time. :)
Cinema Therapy
2023-11-06 15:15:20 +0000 UTCHi I am new here how can we download this episode
Shreepriya Patil
2023-11-06 11:33:52 +0000 UTCThere is a little bit interesting about Molly but you have to dig. I should be able to pique your interest with one question, what spell did she cast at Bellatrix? We don’t have much, but we know that her maiden name, Prewitt, has its etymological origins in the welsh words for brave, and the suffix -et meaning small. We also know that Molly had two brothers who were murdered by death eaters in the first wizarding war, but with a catch. It took 5 including a very notable death eater to take them down. The death eater in question is one who was strong enough to go on to single handedly kill remus lupin, who was not only a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, but had a specialty in dueling, and was powerful enough to use wandless magic. So the spell Molly cast? Possibly an invention of one of her brothers, but it’s a shaky theory as creating spells is very much its own skillset.
Gonstharin47
2023-03-23 16:06:13 +0000 UTCI have a very Weasly family dynamic we even in adulthood have Sunday dinners and we rotate houses and it’s up to the host what we eat even if they are tired and just want pizza it’s the closeness and the bonding that matters. I am the oldest and have always views my younger siblings as my greatest treasures watching them grow and succeed in life and being involved with my niece and nephews lives is the greatest thing to be apart of! Just wanted to share how important growing up and creating these bonds by doing family dinner, games nights, or even movies nights and the importance of rotating so it doesn’t feel one sided and gets overwhelming OR that everyone feels heard!
Ash D
2023-01-26 16:15:51 +0000 UTCMy family’s “gallow humor” is - “father killing movies”. My father passed away when I was 17 and for a year or so afterwards I couldn’t watch any movie that had a scene in which the father died because it was too much. I think I was watching a movie called “Inheritance” (that didn’t clue me in, silly me) when I realized that my sister (who was watching with me) was crying as well during the scene that the father dies. I laughed and said something along the lines of “Don’t you just love when he father dies?” It turned into a running gag of “Ooo (like sarcastic excitement or anticipation) Father killing movies!”
Deborah Olsen
2023-01-03 16:41:14 +0000 UTCThey're the best!
Cinema Therapy
2022-12-17 05:53:59 +0000 UTCGreat casting! And that chapter is so good, and so effective.
Cinema Therapy
2022-12-15 14:48:03 +0000 UTCI'm definitely remembering "microaffections," it's such a great term! I've always really liked Molly and Arthur were portrayed in the films and, as you said, were always loving even when their kids messed up
Bryan Hughes
2022-12-15 07:18:35 +0000 UTCJulie Waters as Mrs. Weasley is fantastic. Same for Mark Williams as Mr. Weasley. I like that he has a strong moral compass and a nurturing disposition, but never loses his sense of fun. I loved the chapter in the book where Molly is beset by a Boggart. Shows you where her heart is.
LISAMACnCHEESE
2022-12-14 23:50:06 +0000 UTCOh, dear, you really need to work on your gallows humor. My late husband once said if I ever wrote a memoir, I should call it "I'll be out back, redecorating my gallows". Of course, having one's four siblings and both parents all die before your 45th birthday, AND being Irish, does give one an edge.
E Noonan
2022-12-14 05:41:52 +0000 UTCThank you for this episode. I love when you do family therapy. As a young mother, I always think of what I am supposed to do to raise decent and happy human beings and I am deeply concerned about how much I'm going to mess them up. I know I'm gonna make mistakes but I'll try to limit the damage as much as possible. I take note of everything you say and I'll try to apply that.
Meilin
2022-12-13 21:54:09 +0000 UTCI am a huge believer in family dinners, we could have been in a massive fight an hour earlier but we will still end up laughing over something when we sit down for dinner. It freaked me out when I was younger when I found out that not all families do that and it actually makes me really sad. Most of our inside jokes come from family dinners 😂
Amelia Hansen
2022-12-13 17:12:52 +0000 UTCGreat video! But I have over 700 hours played in Terraria and I love it. Highly suggest trying it, even if you just have your kids bring you stones and build a small house.
Gryff
2022-12-13 16:34:39 +0000 UTCKey point!!
Jessica Margolin
2022-12-13 02:24:12 +0000 UTCEven with a happy family, Ron grew up with a "I'm not good enough" complex, Ginny grew up feeling unloved and misunderstood. Percy was ashamed of them. Etc. I like that because it shows that even if you have a pretty good home you might still need therapy.
Neurotic Cow
2022-12-13 01:52:09 +0000 UTCSomething I didn’t realize the importance of until I watched this episode is the fact the Molly Weasley doesn’t just make Christmas gifts for Harry, she makes him gifts similar to (or, in some case, the same as) the gifts she makes for her biological children. Even more important is the fact that she began doing so before she even really knew him; sure, she met him at Kings Cross the day he left to Hogwarts for the first time, but she didn’t get to spend any time with him and, by the time Christmas rolled around that year, she only knew as much as Ron thought to put in his letters to home (which, given his emotional range being “the size of a teaspoon,” probably wasn’t a whole lot).
Catherine Ginn
2022-12-12 23:50:37 +0000 UTCI have always loved Molly Weasley. I grew up in a fairly similar social situation to the Weasleys. Large family (6 kids), not very well off financially, but my siblings were always around and there for me. Sadly, my parents were not Molly and Arthur, but I remember connecting with Ron's character so much when reading the books (we even have the same initials, RW). It is lovely to have you react to this family and is making me confront some things I have been repressing, so thank you.
Reilly Willoughby
2022-12-12 22:15:40 +0000 UTCThanks! Yeah, we had a lot of notes but not enough time.
Corinne
2022-12-12 22:08:47 +0000 UTCAw, I'm excited to watch this one! 😁
Yani Dodge
2022-12-12 21:51:22 +0000 UTCIt's so funny you say this cause that was my house growing up. I only appreciate it more now because I realise not everyone has that. We even had the redheads. Except my dad and my twin sisters who were adopted (my sisters not my dad) But my mum...I love my dad as well but my mum was like molly but her personality was very very quiet. She was shy but also a massive introvert....but probably the strongest out of all of us. But my mum was funny because even though she was so quiet...I remember learning how to drive and we got stuck at a roundabout. And the dude behind us is just beeping us constantly. Mum remained calm and was like 'huh...yep just ignore the man behind us. He's a bit silly. Yep don't worry we'll get through eventually'. Then out of nowhere she goes 'just excuse me a moment'. And she got out of the car and my 5 foot 1 mother is just full yelling at a grown man in a car behind us. Then gets back in the car like nothing happened. But she was so quiet and kind...still set boundaries and we still definitely got in trouble...but the micro affections is perfect. Any time I did anything right she's like 'yep I saw that. You're amazing.' All 4 of us absolutely love our parents and tell her everything. I think in regards to molly being a wife and mother...I wonder if that's intentional? My mum didn't have much of a choice but to do part time secretary work (not part of her identity, she hated it) but couldnt go to nursing school due to her family income. She definitely had her own interests, but even with her secretary work she got denied a house loan with dad because they wouldn't take her Job into account because 'you will get pregnant soon and you can't work.' As a result though, she is so pleased that her daughters get more opportunities than her and get to fulfill things outside of the family. She now gets time to do what she wants and it is awesome. Anyway. Sorry that's my rant about my family.
Teesh W
2022-12-12 21:45:55 +0000 UTCLoved this one! I was a little bummed that they didn't talk about the acceptance of Percy coming back. But honestly you could probably do two more episodes on them and still not hit on everything. Love all your work!
Lisa Tosti
2022-12-12 21:40:15 +0000 UTCGAH! I cry EVERY TIME Mrs. Weasley goes after Bellatrix. I can see myself in that same mode whenever any of my loved ones are threatened.
Rokkowen Pandothiel
2022-12-12 21:30:07 +0000 UTC
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