Actually...

[lunesque]

I've really been meaning to post on this for a while.

nonewwitticisms and I were talking about Harry Potter several weeks ago, when we got into a discussion on Bellatrix Lestrange, and he said that not only was she evil and he hated her, but that Bellatrix had to be insane in order to torture the Longbottoms and laugh about it, and that Azkaban just sent her even further.

I, on the other hand, firmly believe she was perfectly sane when she tortured the Longbottoms, that she didn't laugh about it because she was insane, but that she laughed about it because she enjoyed it so much. And that Azkaban made her as insane as we see her now.

So what about you all? Give me everything you've got on Bellatrix Lestrange. I'm dying to hear your thoughts. ^_^

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I'm also leaving this entry unlocked just in case I get lucky and more people than those from my flist answer. If anyone answers at all... ^^;; *hopes*

Comments

[ravenman-ka.livejournal.com]

Personally, I think she was sane and sadistic which is why she laughed and was so dang near methodical about what she did. But then again, that's just me.

[lunesque.livejournal.com]

I completely agree. Which is why, I guess, I was so startled that nonewwitticisms had made such a smudge of the distinction between Pre!Azkaban and Post!Azkaban Bellatrix.