What would Bella think or do? (was: Tom Riddle -- Who Knew?)

[Miikka R.]

No: HPFGUIDX 126325


"cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> 
> SSSusan said previously:
> > > The bigger question is probably whether Lucius knows TR is 
> > > a "mudblood." [Which I should now correct to *half-blood*!]
> 
> Angie again:  
> > Didnt' Harry tell Bella that in OOP?  Or was it Umbridge?  He told 
> > somebody.  Surely word will get around.
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> It was Bella, and he told her in the Ministry building.  The question 
> is whether she *believed* Harry and, even if she did, whether she 
> would tell anyone else.  She clearly seemed upset by the comment, and 
> I'm not sure how she would react in the long run....
> 
> Anybody got any guesses on that?

This post prompted me to finish the small speculation of Bellatrix's
character I'd been working on. So, from my likely inaccurate perspective:

It will have no effect. Bellatrix is a fanatic; likely the most loyal
of all of Voldemort's supporters. The facts are unimportant in
comparison to The Truth.

In her trial, she was unflinchingly defiant and even proud of her
actions, and it's telling that in a group where the bulk of the
minions apparently don't much care of LV and keep to their roles to
further their own agendas (with a cheerful dose of "I'll kill you if
you try to leave") she was the one known person to defend her position
when she had nothing to gain by doing so.

As if that wasn't enough, here's something more. Bellatrix Lestrange
spent well over a dozen years of her life in Azkaban, in torturous
conditions with a high attrition rate. She shows considerable physical
effects; what of the mental scars? There have to be some, and not
light ones, either. Many become profoundly insane, Sirius lasted
through his obsession, Bella was in for even longer than him. Once she
gets out, her defining characteristic - the loyalty for her Lord - is
present to such an extent that she flies into a rage in the above
scene, to the point of endangering the whole mission. I theorize that
Bellatrix has survived Azkaban by making LV, his rise to power and his
doctrines, an obsession of her own. He's the focal point and pretty
much the object of worship of her miserable life. This view could have
tis own acronym. She will *not* back down where he is concerned, and 
come to that, might very well be the one and only willing partner
should LV ever decide to procreate.

Not that Voldy after all he's gone through might even be capable of
that, and even if he is the viability of the fruit of such an union is
very much in question. If the spawn can live, it could well be twisted
with  dark magics and wither its host, or just burst out of-

.. you know, I see why Jim asked if I'm a front for Freddy Krueger. I
think the point has been made.

- Kizor