Aiming Wand at Bellatrix Lestrange: CRUCIO!

[msbeadsley]

No: HPFGUIDX 79320

<newbie unlurking after reading about 5,000 posts>

Bellatrix recovers very quickly from Harry's attempt to Crucio! her 
and then taunts him that he can't do it because he didn't hate 
enough.  Nobody knows Harry tried to do this, and he is unlikely to 
discuss it (it being unforgivable and all) with anyone and will 
probably just believe what Bellatrix told him.  But should we?

A couple of things bother me about this:  Harry has never cast this 
spell before; don't most major spells have to be learned and 
practiced in order to pack any punch?  And Bellatrix has very likely 
been Crucio'd by the best (worst):  Moldevort himself.  Wouldn't that 
likely make her someone on whom few people could cast effectively 
cast the spell?  Wouldn't she have some, ah, resistance (like Harry 
does to Imperio!)?

If Harry does believe her, and if he is bothered by his inability to 
deal with her effectively, will he work very hard on learning how to 
hate effectively enough to hurt her/DE's in general next time?  While 
the power Harry has that is beyond the Dark Lord's ken is very likely 
*love*...

Just some thoughts.

"msbeadsley"