[HPforGrownups] Re: Slytherins/DE and Girls

[Sarah]

No: HPFGUIDX 91817

Meri:
>  And, back to the DE's, I see
> Bellatrix Lestrange as more of an anomally than the norm.

Sarah:
I would simply add that from the combat in the veil room, it seems that she
is clearly one of the better fighters that Voldemort has.  She runs circles
around his male DEs where duelling is concerned, in this battle, anyway.
And she isn't even long out of Azkaban.

I think if more (evil) females could fight like Bellatrix, there would
probably be more female DEs.

An urge to search the books for references of the female Slytherins hexing
people is taking over.  I tend to see most of the school-age Slytherin
girls, as well as the adult women with ties to Voldemort, as being less
hands-on.  I'm not sure what I base that on, it's just an impression.

Sarah