Is Umbridge a Half-Breed???

[Doriane]

No: HPFGUIDX 78111

"James Redmont" wrote:

> I don't know about you guys, but when I was reading OP, I kept 
> thinking that the reason Umbridge hates half-breeds so much is 
> because she *is* one.  Canon to back it up?  She looks very odd 
> (toad-like, short, stubby fingers, just weird-looking in general), 
> then there's the extreme hate of half-breeds (Voldemort hates 
> muggles and mudbloods...why?  'cause he *is* one).  If she is a 
> half-breed, then what is she half of?  

She could be, but I don't think so. She looks like a toad the same 
way Snape looks like a bat : to make them more scary, and to make our 
mental image of them more vivid.
And unlike LV who changed his name and thus managed to hide his being 
a mudblood, Umbridge couldn't hide her being a half-breed, because 
there are records (school, Ministry, etc...) that would show it, and 
journalists to find it out and point it out. Unless she is not who 
she says she is, I don't think she's a half-breed.

> Also, and excuse me if you think it's crude (we're all grown-ups 
> here, right?), when Umbridge gets back from the Centaurs, I kept 
> thinking (maybe I'm perverted, I don't think so, yet this still 
> occurred to me) that she had been, um, sexually abused by the 
> centaurs as a punishment...ok, raped.  It would be the ultimate 
> revenge, esp. if she were pregnant and had a half breed child.  I 
> know this sounds crazy, but when I finished reading the scene, I 
> told my husband it was almost like Rowling was making it to where 
> an adult might just take it that way, but of course it's not 
> spelled out because children read it.  Anyway, I thought I'd throw 
> that out there.  There's no canon that supports it except that she 
> came back mentally hurt, yet there weren't any huge physical 
> injuries...why else would she be so scarred?  And by the way, I 
> don't feel the centaurs are creatures who are likely to do 
> something like that or anything...

I think we've all been living in an overly violent society for too 
long :-) We can't imagine a group of guys capturing a woman and not 
raping her. I must admit I had that feeling too. But as you said, it 
is mentioned that she came back physically unharmed. And a rape by 
horses (bah yes, that's what they are, when it comes to that 
particular part of their anatomy) would most probably seriously hurt 
such a small woman as Umbridge.

Moreover, I don't think the Centaurs would ever lower themselves to 
such degrading practices. Especially considering the contempt with 
which they view humans. They have a high opinion of themselves, so 
such a thing wouldn't be consistent with their general attitude.

Still, the idea of the half-breed baby is appealing... Even though 
she would just probably dump him somewhere and make his life 
miserable...

Del