OOP: Narcissa

[catherinemckiernan]

No: HPFGUIDX 62925

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at a...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "karenkyla3" <karenkyla33 at m...> 
> wrote:
> > Was anybody else disappointed and/or surprised that Narcissa seems 
> to 
> > be clearly as corrupt as her husband and son?  
> 
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> 
> Darrin replied: 

> Count me among the disappointed. One of my pet hopes was skewered 
> when Narcissa turned up on that family tree. I'd always hoped 
> Narcissa had a great-grandfather who was a Muggle dockworker in 
> Liverpool that Lucius didn't know about.  I'd like to see his world 
> rocked when he found out he married someone one-eighth Muggle (or 
> whatever the fraction is.)
> 
> I'll just have to settle for Lucius being REALLY close to his troll 
> cellmate.
> 
Can just see Lucius cringing in a corner as the troll combs out his
rapidly-greying hair with its fingers.

My Narcissa question relates to her appearance; why do she and her
sister look so completely different? Bellatrix is dark haired, with
hooded eyes, Narcissa blonde. Okay, stand them next to each other and
the jaw might be the same, but still..., they're hardly the spitting
image. Now, black hair runs in the family. So does Narcissa simply
bleach because Lucius prefers blondes? Is there a peroxide potion in
the bathroom cabinet? Or ... does Draco's mother have a hidden talent?
I was surprised that nothing more was made of Tonks being a
metamorphmagus, but what if it runs in the family and she decided to
use the talent for more than fashion? Spy!Narcissa here we come.

Of course, it could just be recessive genes.

Catherine McK