[HPforGrownups] When was Delphi born/conceived? (Cursed Child spoilers!)

[Karen Lewellen]

No: HPFGUIDX 193046

Hi Kenny, Now I can read and add my two cents here. Actually, you may be making a couple of assumptions. First given how long lived wizards and witches are in general, the span for childbirth could likely be rather long. further there are no doubt potions to extend a witch health wise on many levels. Further, we are assuming no dark magic was involved in how Delphi was conceived and delivered. She is described as 20 something, so the 1998 date works, she says before the battle of Hogwarts, etc. As for movie verses cannon, consider that JKR has disputed some movie details...your discussion of the astronomy tower battle is just one. Bella's devotion to Voldemort clearly over road any ahem duty to her husband. I do resonate with your theory that Bella likely lived at the Manner, if not full time since1982, certainly post prison escape. My own confusion though comes in Delphi's explanation as to how she learned about her heritage. She claims Bella's husband told her after he returned from prison...when exactly? I cannot imagine him ever reaching the outside world again after Voldemort's downfall, so wonder just when this took place? Kare 




On Wed, 10 Aug 2016, kennyg1864 at yahoo.com [HPforGrownups] wrote: 
> HP wiki has her birth at 1998, but it has to be prior to late March 1998 (the Skirmish at Malfoy Manor). Which means Bellatrix was likely already a month or so pregnant at the Battle of the Seven Potters (Jul 27 1997). (One hopes that broom-flying does not induce nausea in pregnant witches. Maybe there's a potion for that.) Interestingly, she was in her mid-40's for her first and only child. > > > Despite what we were shown in the movie, Bellatrix was not at the Battle of the Astronomy Tower (Jun 30 1997). Perhaps Voldemort didn't want to needlessly put his progeny at risk. Although he didn't have this concern a month later, probably because they needed as many Death Eaters as possible. > > > (and wasn't the movie Astronomy Tower battle the lamest ever? Bellatrix kicks over some plates, breaks windows, and sets fire to Hagrid's hut. All the Vanishing Cabinet scenes buildup...and then this. No Aurors vs Death Eaters in the hallways of Hogwarts. Such a disappointment.) > > > Per the HP wiki, Bellatrix was living at Malfoy Manor with her sister Narcissa "by 1997", and Voldemort was staying there as well. I can't pin down when this started without my books though. She might have been living there in early 1996, after the breakout from Azkaban in January 1996. Perhaps she and Rodolphus has lost their residence during their stay at Azkaban, since they had been there since approx 1982.. > > > At first I thought Bellatrix's pregnancy must have been uncomfortable for Rodolphus, but then I discovered their marriage was a platonic one. (wonder why she just didn't remain single?) > > > One hopes that Voldemort did not have the bedroom next to Lucius and Narcissa. (Lucius: "My dear, we do not hear a thing...") > > > kennyg1864 > > > >