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

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 "Tonks" <tonks_op at y...> wrote:
> 
> I appreciate all who have responded to my question. I am still 
> trying to understand how someone like Bella could bring herself to 
> grovel at the foot of LV.


I saw nothing odd about this behavior at all.  What it told me was 
that although Bellatrix is stark raving mad, she's no idiot.  She 
screwed up and she's seen what LV is capable of.  Even in her 
madness, she's intelligent enough to know how to deflect LV's rage - 
he's shown he values loyalty, even in those that would stab him in 
the back given half a chance.  Before he can even think to torture 
her, she leaps on his feet and gives him the groveling routine.  If 
she escapes torture, she wins.  In fact, this little tidbit moved her 
to the top of the DE food chain in my opinion - how many of the 
others can manipulate LV?  Do you think Lucius would stoop to 
groveling?  And if he did, would LV buy it?  He certainly isn't 
buying it from Wormtail, who admittedly grovels on a continuous basis 
just to stay alive.  Like everything else she does, I think Bella can 
cold-bloodedly turn on and off any emotion she wants.  Frankly, I 
don't even think she IS loyal to LV, he's simply the only one that 
can give her what she wants:  victims.  I think she just wants to 
inflict as much pain on anyone and everyone possible for as long as 
she can get away with it.  She has anger issues.  My question is, was 
she born that way?  Or did her rage develop later?  I would really 
love to have some more background on the ever-so-delightful Black 
family.

Nicky Joe