Bellatrix as Richard III

[Mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 98834

> Carol wrote:
> This is totally off-topic but I had to respond: Lady Anne Neville 
was Richard III's first cousin once removed and they grew up in the 
same household. There is evidence that they loved each other deeply 
and he was devastated by her death. Shakespeare's "history" plays are 
based on the kinds of biased sources that Eustace-Scrubb recently 
described, further distorted by a dramatic license that has Richard 
fighting in a battle that occurred when he was eight years old.
> My apologies to the List Elves (and to Mandy, who has every right to
> like Shakespeare's Richard as a literary character even though he
> bears no resemblance to the real Richard). Bellatrix, though she has
> no historical antecedents, can be enjoyed for similar reasons.


Mandy here:
Back on topic: and no apology necessary.  It's why I made sure 
Shakespeare's name was in my post, as the example I used did not 
happen in real life but was a literary creation.

But for those who may not know the story I do want to expand a 
little.  Just for fun. 

In Shakespeare, (not in real life) Richard III performs the massive 
achievement of seducing the beautiful Lady Anne while she is weeping 
over the coffin of her dead husband, who Richard had killed. Between 
the curses and insults she throws at Richard he manages to calm her 
down and convince her, to not only give him a second chance, but even 
love him and consider him as her future husband.  And she does!  

My idea is how fantastic would it be for Bellatrix to seduce Neville 
in to betraying Harry!  Little Neville who's parents she tortured, 
and who hates her about as deeply as any boy could, to succumb to her 
dark whisperings and fall.    

Cheers Mandy.