"The Animagus Black!"

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No: HPFGUIDX 80017

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Johnson Family" 
<tkj_etal at b...> wrote:
> 
> All right--it's possible that Bellatrix calls him the Animagus 
Black because
> that's what LV calls him. The question is, why would he? <snip> 
it's [a]derogatory term. Further evidence is the very low number
> of animagi. Yes, it's supposed to be difficult and dangerous to 
achieve, but
> it can't be THAT hard if smart fifth-year students and people like 
Rita
> Skeeter can do it. There's probably some other reason why people 
aren't keen
> to achieve that additional power.
> Anyway, Sirius is a very notorious wizard, and even Voldy, who 
hasn't been
> reading the papers for thirteen years, would probably speak of him 
by his
> name. When I talk about Britney Spears, I say Britney Spears, not 
The Young
> Singer and Entertainer Britney Spears.
> --RTJ

Laura:

But why would you talk about Britney Spears at all?  <grins-sorry, 
couldn't resist>

The way that horrible woman refers to Sirius sounds to me like a way 
of objectifying him, turning him into something non-human.