Sexual Temptaion/Marital Infidelity

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 86823

 Erin wrote:
> > The only broken marriage we've actually seen in canon was that of 
Tom Riddle's parents, and Tom Sr. didn't run off with another woman; 
he moved back in with his own parents.  So there's no evidence 
whatsoever that infidelity will ever be an issue in the books.
> > 
> 
> Danielle here: 
<snip>
> This is from a footnote in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find 
Them," page 27:
<snip> 
> The most recent instance of such duplicity occurred in 1973 when 
the  wizard Janus Thickey vanished, leaving only a hastily written on 
the  bedside table reading "oh no a Lethifold's go me I'm 
suffocating." 
> Convinced by the spotless and empty bed that such a creature had 
> indeed killed Janus, his wife and children entered a period of 
strict mourning, which was rudely interrupted when Janus was 
discovered  living five miles away with the landlady of the Green 
Dragon." (end quote)
> 
> So, yes, she's capable of adding some marital infidelity, even if 
she hasn't done it in the main canon yet.


Erin:
I stand corrected. All, right, so I concede Bellatrix is capable of 
some on-the-side temptress action, though I still favor the Dead!
Rudolphus variety, as in "Oh Harry/Ron/Remus, I've been so alone 
since my husband was killed! Won't you comfort me?"

Erin