[HPforGrownups] Re: Bathilda + the snake

[elfundeb]

No: HPFGUIDX 176876

Potioncat:
Someone else posted that Bathilda was an Inferius (Inferia?) and I
smacked my head. But if you didn't get it either, I don't feel so bad.
I think your last bit is correct, She's an Inferius with Nagini in the
body. I don't know how Inferiuses (if the pleural of Patronus is
Patronuses...)are controlled, but I've never quite worked out the long
term Imperius either.

Debbie:
I think that was me, but I certainly didn't pick that up on the first read,
because by the time Bathilda's body collapsed there was too much else going
on, and I didn't think about her again until I reread the book.

I originally thought that Nagini was not in the body, but was wrapped around
her, hidden by Bathilda's wrappings.  Once inside, she took off a shawl that
had covered her head, but it's not clear whether she took off any other
wrappings.  I'm not sure about that detail now; maybe Nagini was inside.
However, I do think that Nagini was doing the talking, and was not actually
animating Bathilda to speak.  She only speaks when she is in the next room
or when she is right next to Harry, and it doesn't appear that he is looking
at her.  When he is looking at her, she communicates by gesture.

I don't think Bathilda is being possessed, because I perceive possession to
be an invasion of the mind and soul, and as a dead body, Bathilda has
neither.  Bathilda is acting more like the chess pieces in PS/SS, with
Nagini providing the voice, and perhaps the instructions.  Or else Voldemort
himself is providing the instructions

Debbie
who assumes that Possession is Dark Magic, but perhaps should refrain from
asking


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