#Bellatrix lestrange

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"the black family madness" the books call it. "the consequences of inbreeding" is what it actually is

[capriddle]

I'm rereading Half-Blood Prince and I'm like, seriously, reading chapter 2, people can believe that Bellatrix is ​​crazy? I mean, she's clearly one of the most brilliant minds in the Harry Potter universe! She asks Snape such precise and careful questions that I can't understand how they can write her off as a jealous hysteric.

[enbysiriusblack]

bellatrix who doesn't remember andromeda's face after azkaban and andromeda who avoids looking at her reflection because she'll always see bellatrix staring back

[fugamalefica]

Foreshadowing of Delphi in Spinner's End?

What Bella says, often casually, always ends up happening. In the Department of Mysteries, she talked about Voldemort coming to the Ministry and it happened. When she thought the Cup was stolen missing she said they'd all perish if Voldemort found out, and when he did he killed everyone in sight. She was the only one who said Snape was a traitor and she was right.

“You should be proud!” said Bellatrix ruthlessly. “If I had sons, I would be glad to give them up to the service of the Dark Lord!”

Here she is talking about her hypothetical children rather casually, just as she casually dismissed the notion of Voldemort coming to the Ministry. Knowing what we do about Delphi now, this can be read as foreshadowing her birth.

Credits to @waterloobridge for pointing this out. Great catch!

[theblackstar04]

alone by heart has quillkiller vibes. them singing this together? about eachother?

[metalomagnetic]

Hi Metalo,

Hope you're doing well! A little question about IRITB lore -- I was rereading the OG HP series and I noticed (in either the OoTP or HBP I think) that Bellatrix talks about wanting to kill Andromeda, Ted, and Tonks to "redeem" herself I think and rid her of her blood-traitor/ mixed-blood relatives. And of course we know she canonically kills Tonks, although we don't know who killed Ted I think it was implied in the book that she did (although I'm not certain about this). Is this a place where your lore deviates from HP, or do have a reasoning behind this for Bellatrix's change in attitude (idk-maybe Azkaban)?

Thank you and I was delighted to see your new fic!

I think Azkaban for sure made Bella worse, as it would make anyone (including Sirius) since it's non stop mental torture.

But in the books, if I recall correctly, Bella wants to 'reedem' her family and kill Dora because she married a werewolf. It's when V mocks her about the werewolf part that Bella says she will kill Dora.

And never Andromeda. Ted isn't mentioned at all. At least I do not remember her mentioning her sister.

It was just about Dora/Remus situation.

And yes, (lack of) Azkaban and the werewolf situation is my in-world reasoning for her accepting Andy and Dora back in It runs.

Happy you liked the new fic! ❤️

[percyweasleyapologist]

Rita: Hello Bella, made anyone cry today?

Bellatrix: Sadly, no. But it’s only 4:30.

[motherfuckingmaneater]

The Black sisters out for a midnight ride, September 1969.

[keepmycandleburning]

Bellatrix & madness

[thatdyingacewhoneedstheirspace]

yes that's the reason totally...

(definitely not cause Sirius exists...)

[the1970sdeadgaywizard-regulus]

Okay, hello, crazy thing. Anyways, a person who was a major part of my rp recently deactivated (we know why. They are all good)

Anyways, we need a Rita Skeeter for @beetlethebards-second-coming and a Bellatrix for @bella-tricks-skeeter

If my moot comes back, I can have them take over either again, but I need someone to play them in my @im-not-drowning-you-are rp

Message me or @bralnwashed if you want to join

[lunar-skylar]

I really don’t understand the people that depict Bellatrix as this absolute crazy person but don’t depict Barty as such, or if they do, it’s so clearly different and clear who they favor. Whereas Barty is painted in a good kind of crazy way; he’s crazy but fun and entertaining to be around. Bellatrix is painted in a bad kind of crazy way, where she’s obnoxious and just seen as an insufferable fangirl of Voldemort.

The difference (or it’s really not even a difference, as they’re literally the same thing, just one is seen in a negative light while the other is not, for whatever reason) in how both are depicted is crazy to me, especially because I find Bella and Barty to be quite similar. I mean, if Bellatrix is a crazy fangirl of Voldemort, then Barty is too! He quite literally shouts out how loyal he is to Voldemort (“…I alone remained faithful… prepared to risk everything…”) and how he wants to be “his dearest,” “his closest supporter,” and “closer than a son” to him. Like, come on, that man was down atrociously. He would be just as insufferable, and is as “gaga” about V as Bella, stop it.

But yeah, all in all, I just don’t really get why it’s so different. Could it be misogyny? Where a man being crazy and infatuated with a person is cool, fun, and attractive, but when it’s a woman that’s crazy or infatuated with a person (99% of the time with a man) it’s infuriating, unattractive, and attention seeking. Is it just people preferring Barty over Bellatrix? Or is it something else? Idk.

[capriddle]

Death Eaters Headcanon:

They were mainly divided into action squads and Ministry spies;

Bellatrix was the first female;

Beneath Dolohov were Voldemort's three other roommates, Mulciber, Rosier, and Nott;

Below are still schoolmates from other years Lestrange, Avery and Macnair;

The seven schoolmates were often called Knights by Voldemort in private, precisely to remember their first name;

The masks are made by Voldemort similarly to how Wormtail's hand was made and each mask has a different design because Voldemort needs to recognize them even when their faces are covered;

Bellatrix was General and head of the action team, Dolohov before Azkaban was in charge of the Ministry, then he became Bellatrix's second in the action team;

Voldemort's favourites were Bellatrix (obviously, his pupil and his woman), Dolohov (his closest friend from Hogwarts), Snape (because of family and character similarities);

He never liked Lucius much but being close to the Minister;

Snape was in a special position, he was a spy in Hogsmeade and Voldemort immediately liked him;

All the male children of the Knights became Death Eaters

[nothelena21]

PART TWO... because clearly my favorite family members couldn't be missing.

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Bellatrix Black: Behind his innate devotion to the dark arts, his thirst for knowledge of ancient curses and his quickness in improving or adapting them to a modern setting... or at least usable on a battlefield... was his great talent for painting. She found no better solution to her problems than to hide in a room with paint pots of all sizes, blank canvases and endless brushes to use. Many times she created beautiful scenes, other times she simply copied the closest photograph of one of her sisters and immersed them in an environment appropriate to their character and other times she painted female ballet figures with long golden hair... in honor of her late mother, the eternal statue in the Black family gardens. At some point during his rise among the Death Eaters and descent into madness, his beautiful scenery turned bloody... until the only way to find solace was to smear and smear his room with lots of colours, in the style of... this pathetic muggle... Poclock? Pollock? Something like that.

Andromeda Black: One of the few things she remembered about her mother was the delicate sweet sandwiches she would prepare for breakfast or tea time. Amazing combinations of sour jams and sweet biscuits that made her salivate more than usual. Her mother was one of the people she missed most in her life before she was disowned... as well as her little blonde sister, whom she decided to delight in with those little culinary works of art in the hope of making her feel the maternal warmth that was deprived of her by life. Her taste for gastronomy increased considerably as she and Ted found a nice house to live in, finding herself with plenty of free time for herself while her husband spent days and days at the Auror Academy.

Narcissa Black: There was nothing better for her, since she was little, than playing with her dolls and expensive make-up at the beauty salon. Cissy loved, to the hatred of the house elves who helped raise her, cutting the curtains to make the long, glamorous dresses that flew her imagination. Her father, who spoiled her a lot, had no problem replacing the curtains of the property weekly and obtaining an endless supply of fabrics so that she could continue with her favorite game. And fortunately, her husband Lucius continued to fulfill that whim. An entire room in Malfoy Manor was filled with bolts of black, white, colorful, lace, magically movable prints, and many other fabrics. In every corner were mannequins and busts where she carried out her creations, and a large mirror lit by its own candle chandelier allowed for a proper display of the finished garments. She made suits and dresses for many people... her beloved father, her sisters, her husband, and her little cousin Regulus were just a few. The rest of wizarding society could pay for them whenever and however much they wanted, but none could match those made with passion and love.

Sirius Black: As if tastes and talents were passed down from generation to generation... he loved music as much or more than Orion. However, when he found out about it through old letters hidden in the attic and his subsequent escape from home into the arms of the Potter couple, he became so resentful that he sought to concentrate his interest on other hobbies. He delved into the muggle world that Remus knew more than once... watching athletes excel in their respective fields, their hidden bars filled with music and people having a good time, slightly more mundane activities that made him yawn... but nothing filled the hole that music had left in his chest. Or that was until he discovered ink and the only way to permanently transfer it to the skin: tattoos. Tattoos didn't exist in the wizarding world? In pureblood society, he doubted it too much. The first one was just a test and the rest were just for fun. Now he greeted the rocker who ran his favorite club as if he had known him all his life... and he would very much like to know him for life. The man was handsome and charismatic, relaxed and kissed the right places damn well. He never understood why Remus didn't like him when he told him on more than one occasion that his tattoos made him look good.

Regulus Black: Since he was little he liked to build things... he played with small clay bricks or repaired things that Sirius and Bellatrix destroyed between games. As he grew older, he found many activities where he could build things from scratch: carpentry, pottery, model making... and he used them to recreate other things that his friends lost. There was nothing that Regulus could not create from scratch, completely repair or recreate identically... so much so that when Lord Voldemort felt for the locket in the bowl, he did not realize that it was a replica and the real one was hiding in a dark corner of the deceased youngest Black's room.

I swear to God, if I hear anything from James Regulus in the comments, I will give you all reasons to hate that ship.

"Random HEADCANONS of BLACK FAMILY members"

Pollux Black: He hates art and anything related to the non-aggressive expression of feelings. Ironically, after his death, his children found complete and incomplete poems among his books of ancient runes.

Irma Black (nee Crabble): She likes to sit and embroider in front of the fireplace in the living room, in the rocking chair in front of the window in her bedroom, or any place she finds suitable for doing so. Many of her children's clothes featured subtle embroidery done by her.

Walburga Black: Known for being a chaotic and tough-to-manage child who could always be found on the move... she found peace walking around her family's vast grounds... that small uncut grove of trees? a perfect place to hide for a while from Pollux and Irma.

Alphard Black: Being one of the most neglected children by his parents, he found himself drifting in and out of different hobbies that kept him busy enough to escape reality. One of them was sailing and cartography... there was something special about feeling the cold wind on his face and the salty scent of the sea in his nose that visibly relaxed him.

Cygnus Black III: Most of the family members were educated in different branches of art: painting, music, theatre... there was nothing that the young Blacks had not tried until they were the best and got bored of it long after. Except for him, of course. He found himself immersed in the world of sculpture for longer than expected, spending days and nights until he managed to finish beautiful works that he asked Kreacher to place in corners of the family properties or their gardens. Many of his later sculptures were inspired by Druella, his beautiful and beloved wife... and later his three little princesses: Bellatrix, Andromeda and Narcissa.

Druella Black (nee Rosier): So small and thin since she was a child... her fragile aura and delicate figure were easy to associate with a ballet dancer. That was how her classes began... her golden hair was tied neatly, her delicate skin was adapted to the makeup of the plays she participated in, her wardrobe was filled with costumes and comfortable clothes for training and her shelf with dolls had to be enlarged to proudly display trophies and gold medals. One of her biggest dreams when little Bellatrix was born was to hope that she would become as interested in ballet as she was and that they could practice and dance together for hours.

Arcturus Black: A skilled hunter for as long as he can remember, he loved to go hunting for animals in dark forests with his frivolous father. Unfortunately for his flirtatious wife Melania, that only meant an entire room dedicated to the taxidermy of these animals and many parts of them placed throughout the house as decoration. The only time he saw a gesture of admiration towards him from his father was in one of those forests.

Melania Black (nee McMillan): Her wealthy but stingy family did not allow her to make large monetary expenses on a regular basis: only on special occasions were goods, decorations or ostentatious clothes acquired to keep up with the elegant and superficial pureblood society. Great was her surprise when, after marrying Arcturus Black, he gave her the freedom to do with her inheritance whatever she wanted as long as she did not exceed what her work provided them. Decorating the properties and gardens as she pleased became her favorite activity, and she found a challenge in making her tastes in decoration ally with her husband's taxidermied animals.

Lucretia Black: Since she was a child, nothing pleased her more than to climb onto the back of any animal that wouldn't knock her down before she could count to ten. That's how Arcturus made sure to build a stable for five brightly colored horses and an Abraxan that Lucretia took years to tame without the help of specialists in the field.

Orion Black: Much to the chagrin of his Arcturus, his only son loathed the firearms hanging on the walls and the taxidermied animals that gave him nightmares which meant the house elves had to change his bed sheets almost regularly. Instead, he found immense love in stringed instruments and the rhymes that flowed on their own into a catchy and emotional song. He could spend hours hiding in the attic where old portraits lay waiting to decay with endless layers of dust on their surfaces. The one where Eduardus Limette Black rested under an apple tree with a predecessor to the conventional guitar glued to his hands was his favorite... and where he learned most of the notes and musical combinations that would drive anyone who heard them crazy.

[hiancii]

The Ace of Spades

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The Black Sisters