Don't even mention plot bunnies to me today, especially not if they're dramatic and angsty, because I've got enough of those to last a lifetime.

I don't think Narcissa and Lucius loved each other at first. I mean, lets face it, they're definately not a couple you can write fluff about. Obviously, they married for society, and I like to think that they loved each other more as their son was born. I don't know how many of you have seen Marie Antoinette (which is crap, btw), but basically absolutely no passion, and then they were forced to produce a heir, and thanks to their child, they slowly grew to appreciate each other more.

~G.R.Black

~G.R.Black

If you look at things rationally, you can see that people are not born evil; it's like with dogs. People think of German Shepherds, Pitbulls, etc, to be violent breeds, but it's the way they're raised that makes them what they are. I think it's the same with the Black sisters... Andromeda escaped while she still could. :)

Andromeda was good obviously, Narcissa had intentions to be good and sort of got a little lost on the way, and Bella chose to worship everything the Dark Lord and her parents said.

Bella's definitely not redeemable under all that crap that she does, but I think she would have been, once ...

But there are some aspects about Bellatrix that make you wonder.

She stunned Sirius. He went into the veil. She didn't kill him.

Sirius and Andromeda could have both been hunted and killed earlier but she didn't.

Andromeda lives to tell the tale of the war. You'd think being an insult to the Blacks that Bella would want her dead.

It says in DH that the DE's used to Crucio curse on Ted and Andy. And yet they both lived.

I'm not saying she is redeemable because she isn't. But there are definetly things we don't see.

Anyway, I think there's a line between family and war. I mean, I don't think she would have deliberately tortured her family, but she said she would. Like the Weasleys. They all said they'd kill Percy, but if they met him, even if it was a dark alley with no-one around, they couldn't do it, because they're family.

The Weasleys seem kindly and caring, and the Blacks might not all be brutal, but most seem to dislike Muggles/"blood traitors" (and show it, as we've seen in places)

I think Bellatrix would give herself a pretext for killing Tonks, tormenting Sirius, Andromeda/ the rest of her family. Perhaps it's all for the greater good (like Dumbledore was all those years back)

Plus I don't think somene who was insane as some people claim to see through Snape's BS about being totally loyal to Voldemort. Like even Voldemort was fooled, but she knew something was up with him.

I think the Blacks are one of the most interesting families in Harry Potter Verse. You've got the Potters, who are clearly good, the Weasleys - good, so on and so forth. But the Blacks are shades of grey. You've got Bellatrix, twisted, demented but she must have some love inside of her to let her sister, Andromeda, live, even if she did kill Tonks. Then there's Narcissa, who was just protecting her son all along. Andromeda, who renounced her family but I believe that there is a part of her that will always love her sisters, even Bellatrix. You've got Regulus, the young Death Eater who collected momentos of the Dark Lord's feats and yet proceeded to hide a Horcrux when it became clear that he had left Kreacher to die and Sirius. Sirius renounced everything and anything that was related to his family. Despised everything about where he came from and yet ended up in Azkaban, alongside his cousin, but never waivered in his convictions.

I believe that the Black family will always love each other because of the memories that they carry around of each other. I even believe that Bellatrix never truly wanted Sirius did. If she had done, then she wouldn't have just sent a stunner at him in the books (unlike the movies - hiss!). She would have tried to have killed him properly. At the risk of sounding cliché - blood really is thicker than water.

Just my thoughts.

Kate

P.S Huffle is freaking amazing! So cool. Totally agree with everything she wrote.

I am absolutely miffed by the people who don't like Bellatrix. However, I respect their opinion.

Finally I am kicking my dusty arse into gear and working on my fan fiction about her, because I honestly felt the need to give the poor woman more depth. I seriously need to type up my second chapter. You shall have no spoilers! That is, assuming you decide to actually go look at it and stuff and review it. -cough-miserably inaccurate because Isabella sucks at math-cough-

In any case, Bella's my favorite. And while she may not be the most perfect girl on the face of the universe, she's Bellatrix Effing Black. What more could you ask from her? To be perfectly honest, I'm secretively looking forward to watching Hermione's torture (kind of hoping they might film it a little bit because that would be too awesome.).

I think, at one point, before Azkaban ate her alive, she might've had some kind of a soul. I don't think she was a nice girl, and I don't think she knew what love was, much less loved anyone, but y'know, she's been through a hell of a lot. Think about her upbringing and how she lived her life in that environment. I think we'd all be a little messed in the head if we liked Bellatrix Black's childhood.

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