Inside Bella was Re: What would Bella think or do?

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 126361



> Alla:
> 
> On the level of sympathy or empathy with the character, I really 
> have no interest in Bella, but on the intelectual level of 
analysing 
> the text, I do wonder what made her as crazy as she is.
> 

a_svirn:

Maybe it's a trait that runs in the family? Look at Sirius' mother, 
for instance. She has never been in Azakabane yet she's definitely 
less than sane. I wonder if the Black family has overdone this pure-
blood thing a bit. Inbreeding can bring dangerous consequences 
about. And come to think of it, Sirius' mother was screeching 
something about the "house of her fathers'. Yet, Grimauld 12 seems 
to be the Black's family house. Can it be that Mrs and Mr Black had 
common ancestors? Probably in more than one generation?  Sirius did 
say something about his parents' conviction that being Black was 
like being royalty. If Blacks have been practicing inside marriages 
for a few centuries in a row there is nothing surprising if they 
turn up mad once in a while. 

a_svirn