Aiming Wand at Bellatrix Lestrange: CRUCIO!

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 79461

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "msbeadsley" <msbeadsley at y...> 
wrote:
> But we only know what's needed to effectively cast Crucio because 
> Bella told Harry.  And I, for one, don't trust anything that comes 
> out of a DE's mouth to be truth.
> 
> "msbeadsley"


Bellatrix is obviously very proud of her abilities, and mentions at 
least once that she learned the dark arts from Voldemort himself.  In 
the scene where she tells Harry about Crucio, she has just been 
momentarily stunned by his failed curse, and is preparing to show 
Hary how to REALLY perform Crucio. Why, at that moment, would she 
take the time to invent a lie when she wants to torture Harry 
the "right" way, thus proving to him how powerful she is?

She strikes me as completely egotistic and would use this as one more 
opportunity to taunt Harry with how much more she knows than "baby 
Potter."  Just an opinion. Surely Harry will relate that incident 
with Belltrix to someone in Book 6, and we will get to know even more 
about casting unforgivable curses.   Jen