[HPforGrownups] Bellatrix as 'Bella'

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 69077

In a message dated 7/10/2003 10:06:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
sibel_saya at hotmail.com writes:


> While rereading OOP, something struck me as rather strange.
> In the chapter The Only One He Ever Feared, when Voldemort comes back 
> finding Bellatrix and Harry, Voldemort calls Bellatrix 'Bella' twice 
> (p716-717 UK Edition).
> 
> Now surely this is a sign of affection from Voldemort, something we 
> haven't seen before. He calls all the other DEs by their last names 
> at the end of GoF, except for Lucius Malfoy, whom he calls Lucius. 
> Not only does he call her by her first name but shortens it, 
> something we associate with affection. Is this just because she is a 
> woman? Or because their relationship may be a bit more advanced 
> perhaps (cough cough)?
> 
> But also the second time addresses her, he is telling her off, "Be 
> quiet, Bella. I shall deal with you in a moment. Do you think I have 
> entered the Ministry of Magic to hear your snivelling apologies?" yet 
> he still calls her Bella. So what does this mean? I have no idea.
> So am I looking in to this too much? Does this mean something or not? 
> We know "Voldemort shows just as little mercy to his followers as his 
> enemies" after all. So what does this mean?
> 
> Thoughts??
> 
> Sibel

I've been thinking about this as well.Ok...I didn't really think about it 
until you mentioned it, but it helps strengthened another thought I had.  

Did you notice how he risked being seen (and was seen) by saving Bellatrix? 
He could've just left her there to be captured like the other DE's, but he 
didn't. 

~Cassie~ 


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