Ravished Umbridge? [imported]

[serenadust]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "naamagatus" <naama_gat at h...> 
wrote:

> Umbridge and the centaurs. Exactly what did the centaurs *do* to 
her? 
> Hem hem <denoting real embarassment for once> .In the hospital 
room, 
> Umbridge appears deeply traumatized, yet with no visible physical 
> injury. I don't want to sound too gross, but as far as I recall of 
> Greek mythology, centaurs were connected with fertility rites 
> (right?). Aren't there stories of centaurs sweeping into villages, 
> taking with them the women and engaging in, umm, *fertility* 
rites? 
> See where I'm going here? JKR *wouldn't* be hinting at what I 
think 
> she's hinting at, right? <shudders>


Yep, that thought occurred to me too, Naama.  I was really hoping 
Umbridge would never be seen again after the centaurs carried her 
off, but obviously *something* very disturbing happened to her 
during her visit with the centaurs.

However, given the centaurs attitude toward humans, I don't think 
that they would even consider sullying themselves by er...consorting 
with a human.  Umbridge, in particular, is so revolting that I can't 
imagine that Bane or any of the rest of the ones we've met would 
even be tempted.  Still, I wouldn't put it past JKR to have wanted 
to plant that particular image in the minds of her grown-up readers, 
just for the fun of imagining our reactions.

Jo S.