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

[someoneofsomeplace]

No: HPFGUIDX 126365



> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tonks" 
> <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> <snip>
> > She seems to be a strong, heartless woman. 
> >snip snip<
> > Anyway how can a person be strong, unyielding, cruel and 
> loving it  one minute, and the next be a sniveling, whimpering 
> being groveling  at the feet of LV?  I just don't get it. <
> 
> Pippin:
> She's not a woman at all, really. She's an overgrown child. JKR 
> symbolizes this by having her use that baby voice. Other people 
> are her toys, to be broken if it pleases her. LV is her substitute 
> parent, whom she's desperate to please.
> 

John:
Interesting point. Compare and contrast Bella with Sirius, 
whose 'spell' in Azkaban appeared to arrest his maturely development 
(in turn, contrast him with Lupin). We shouldn't discount the effect 
that such a large chunk (14-15 years?)out of one's `life' would have 
on an individual. Particularly when it's that period of one's life 
applying to Sirius & Bella.

The real question for me concerns the fear and mingled awe Voldy 
seems to invoke; he's done NOTHING so far to merit people coming 
over all faint/weakening at the knees/falling off their chair at the 
mere mention of his name. OK, he's killed/ordered the killing of a 
few people here and there, but what about the effect he has on his 
followers? They wouldn't be *particularly* impressed with him, I 
wouldn't think, after a long line of bungled attempts to kill a 
teenage boy. He must have done *something* at one point to woo them 
all.

John, getting off the topic I know.