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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to Muggle Snuggle. I'm Nigel and it's time

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<v Speaker 1>for another boring episode to help you sleep. Just close

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<v Speaker 1>your eyes and listen. There is no rush. Let the

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<v Speaker 1>words just drift over you like soft gray clouds on

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<v Speaker 1>a very quiet afternoon to night. We're going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about Bellatrix La strange afore the madness. It's a fan

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<v Speaker 1>fiction topic, really a bit of speculation bullil canket in

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<v Speaker 1>the books. We'll go slowly, very slowly, let your mind

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<v Speaker 1>wonder and just drift off. First, let's picture huh. In

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<v Speaker 1>the books, our introduction is in order of the Phoenix,

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<v Speaker 1>chapter thirty six, the only one he ever feared. She

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<v Speaker 1>comes out of the Department of Mysteries. We'll laugh, scribed

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<v Speaker 1>as having a tall, wild, dark haired woman wearing a

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<v Speaker 1>black robe, her long dark hair streaming behind her. She

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<v Speaker 1>had a curvy figure and her eyes were heavily lined

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<v Speaker 1>with cold. That's the picture. That's the starting point. A

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<v Speaker 1>tall woman, wild hair, dark eyes, a lap that's described

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<v Speaker 1>as high and cold. We assume, we assume she was

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<v Speaker 1>always like that, a fanatical evil follower. But why was

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<v Speaker 1>she was there a time before? This is where the speculation.

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<v Speaker 1>The sleepy gentle speculation begins. We know from Half Blood

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<v Speaker 1>Prince chapter twenty, The Unbreakable Vow some key details. Narcissa

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<v Speaker 1>Malfoy is, Bellatrix is Cis, and in that chapter, Narcissa

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<v Speaker 1>is terrified, she's desperate. She goes to Snape and she's crying,

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<v Speaker 1>and Bellatrix is there, suspicious, wary of Snape. But listen

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<v Speaker 1>to what Narcissa says. She says he's her son, her

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<v Speaker 1>own son. She's talking about Draco, and Bellatrix's reaction is interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>She tries to calm her sister. She says, Sissy, it's

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<v Speaker 1>all right, she's protective, she's a sister. That's a human detail,

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<v Speaker 1>a family detail. It doesn't erase the evil, but it

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<v Speaker 1>complicates it. It suggests there was a person there once

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<v Speaker 1>who loved her family. Let's go further back, before Hargwarts,

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<v Speaker 1>before the dark Lord Bellatrix Black. She was born into

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<v Speaker 1>the sacred twenty eight, the pure Blood families. Her family

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<v Speaker 1>was fanatical. We know from the Black Family tapestry mentioned

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<v Speaker 1>in Order of the Phoenix, chapter six, The Noble and

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<v Speaker 1>Most Ancient House of Black, that many and that family

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<v Speaker 1>were obsessed with blood purity. Bellatrix would have been raised

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<v Speaker 1>in that drilled into her. Maybe she believed it, or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe she just accepted it, like like a child accepts

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<v Speaker 1>the rules of their house. There's no rush to judge

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<v Speaker 1>her for that part. Just consider a young girl absorbing

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<v Speaker 1>the world her parents gave her. Then, Hogwarts, we don't

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<v Speaker 1>know much about her time there. We know she was

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<v Speaker 1>in Slytherin. We know she was older than the trio.

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<v Speaker 1>She would have been in school around the same time

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<v Speaker 1>as Serious Black. Her cousin and Sirius hated her. We

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<v Speaker 1>get that from Order of the Phoenix chapter six. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>Syria says, I hated the lot of them, my parents

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<v Speaker 1>with their pure blood Mania, my slimy cousin Lucius Malfoy,

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<v Speaker 1>and Bellatrix, who was even worse. He called her a

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<v Speaker 1>vicious black. But he also noted something else about her.

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<v Speaker 1>In Order of the Phoenix chapter twenty nine, Career's Advice,

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<v Speaker 1>he tells Harry that Bellatrix was a fanatical follower of Voldemot,

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<v Speaker 1>that she was one of the most dangerous of the lot.

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<v Speaker 1>He says she and her husband Rudolphus LaStrange, were among

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<v Speaker 1>the first to rally to Voldemot's side in the First War.

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<v Speaker 1>They were death eaters, he says, and they were caught

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<v Speaker 1>along with the girls. But noticed that along with the Carrows,

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<v Speaker 1>Alecto and Amicus, they're a brother and sister team, a pair.

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<v Speaker 1>Bellatrix and Rodolphus were a pair, her husband and wife.

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<v Speaker 1>That's another human detail her relationship. And this is where

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<v Speaker 1>the theory, the sleepy theory, really starts to unfurl. What

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<v Speaker 1>was she like before she married Lodorphus, before she met Voldemort.

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<v Speaker 1>We have this image at her accession with him, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's deep, it's profound. In order of the Phoenix chapter

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<v Speaker 1>thirty six, the one we started with. In the fight

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<v Speaker 1>at the ministry, she screams at Harry, I was the

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<v Speaker 1>most loyal of all. I was the one who fought

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<v Speaker 1>for him. I was the one he trusted. And when

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<v Speaker 1>Voldemort says enough, she stops instantly. It's like a switch.

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<v Speaker 1>That's obedience, that's devotion. It's more than just fear. Its need.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's think about that need. Let's let our minds wander

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<v Speaker 1>to it. In Half Blood Prints, chapter two, Spinner's End,

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<v Speaker 1>Bellatrix and Narcissa are talking. Bellatrix is giving Narcissa instructions

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<v Speaker 1>on how to behave, And she says this very clearly.

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<v Speaker 1>She says, Voldemont does not need weaknesses, he does not

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<v Speaker 1>need sentiment. He needs servants who are strong. She understands

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<v Speaker 1>his philosophy, she embraces it, she grieves in it. But

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<v Speaker 1>what if that belief was cultivated. What if before him

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<v Speaker 1>she was just a girl, a girl who wanted to belong,

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<v Speaker 1>to be important, to be seen. The Blacks were a

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<v Speaker 1>declining family, serious ran away, Regulus died mysteriously. Maybe she

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<v Speaker 1>needed something to cling to. And then there's the prophecy

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<v Speaker 1>that's from Order of the Phoenix, chapter thirty seven. The

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<v Speaker 1>last prophecy, the one with the power to vanquish the

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<v Speaker 1>dark Lord, approaches born to those who have thrice defied him,

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<v Speaker 1>born as the seventh months dies. Voldemart heard it and

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<v Speaker 1>he acted on it. And Bellatrix what was her role,

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<v Speaker 1>We don't know exactly, but she was a top lieutenant.

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<v Speaker 1>She was there, and after Voldemort's downfall, she and her

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<v Speaker 1>husband and the Carrows went after the long Bottoms, Nevill's parents.

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<v Speaker 1>They thought the long Butttoms might have the prophecy. They

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<v Speaker 1>tortured them with the crutiateus curse until they went insane.

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<v Speaker 1>It's in Goblet of Fire chapter thirty six, the Parting

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<v Speaker 1>of the Ways, and it's in Order of the Phoenix

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<v Speaker 1>chapter twenty three, Christmas on the Closed Board. Nevil visits

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<v Speaker 1>his parents at Saint Mungo's. His mother gives him gum wrappers.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a quiet, devastating scene. Bellatrix did that. That's an

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<v Speaker 1>unforgivable fact. But here is the the sleepy, complicated part.

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<v Speaker 1>Why them, Why the long bottoms? It seems random, a mistake.

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<v Speaker 1>Voldemort thought it might be them. He sent his best people.

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<v Speaker 1>But was there a personal animosity? We don't see it.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't hear of any prior connection. It was business,

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<v Speaker 1>it was duty, and that that suggests a level of cold,

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<v Speaker 1>fanatical efficiency, which brings us back to the question was

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<v Speaker 1>she always like that? Or did the First War the violence,

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<v Speaker 1>the loyalty tests, the proximity to Voldemort's darkness shape her

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<v Speaker 1>into that. That's look at her trial. It's mentioned briefly

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<v Speaker 1>in Goblet of Fire chapter thirty six. Barty Crouch Junior

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<v Speaker 1>is freed from ours Baar, and we learn that Barty

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<v Speaker 1>Krouch Genia sent his son to Ascabin without a public trial.

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<v Speaker 1>But Bellatrix she got a trial. It's mentioned in Order

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<v Speaker 1>of the Phoenix, chapter thirty two, Out of the Fire

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<v Speaker 1>by Amelia bones I presided over her hearing too. Bellatrix

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<v Speaker 1>was strange. It was a public trial. She was defiant,

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't show remorse, that was the impression. But a trial.

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<v Speaker 1>Why did she get one when others didn't? Maybe because

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<v Speaker 1>she was a black, maybe because the evidence was overwhelming,

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<v Speaker 1>or maybe maybe there was a moment in that court

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<v Speaker 1>room where someone expected a different answer, a flicker of

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<v Speaker 1>the person before and then ask Gaban twelve years with

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<v Speaker 1>the dementors. The dementors feed on happiness. They drain you,

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<v Speaker 1>They leave you with your worst memories for twelve years.

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<v Speaker 1>That would break any one. It would certainly fuel madness.

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<v Speaker 1>It would turn any lingering humanity into screaming despair. So

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<v Speaker 1>when she escapes in Order of the Phoenix, chapter thirty five,

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<v Speaker 1>Beyond the Veil, and she's that wild, cackling, coll led woman,

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<v Speaker 1>is that the result of twelve years in hell? Or

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<v Speaker 1>was the seed already there? We can't know. The books

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<v Speaker 1>don't tell us. We only see the aftermath. Let's consider

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<v Speaker 1>her loyalty after the return and in half Blood Prince.

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<v Speaker 1>She's there at the astronoment hour in chapter twenty eight,

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<v Speaker 1>Flight of the Prince. She's part of the circle that

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<v Speaker 1>captures Harry and she wants to kill him. She says,

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<v Speaker 1>let me have him, let me have him. Voldemort denies her.

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<v Speaker 1>He wants to do it himself, and she accepts it.

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<v Speaker 1>She obeys again, that deep obedience, but also a desire,

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<v Speaker 1>a violent desire. Where does that come from? Is it

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<v Speaker 1>pure hatred for the boy who lived? Or is it

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<v Speaker 1>something else? A need to prove herself the most loyal,

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<v Speaker 1>the strongest. And then the end, the Battle of Hogwarts.

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<v Speaker 1>In Deathly Hallows, chapter thirty six, the floor in the Plan,

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<v Speaker 1>she's hid by a curse from Ron, Hermione and Luna,

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<v Speaker 1>the combined stunning spell. It hits her and she falls back.

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<v Speaker 1>She dies quietly, unremarkably, in the chaos. After all that fire,

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<v Speaker 1>all that fury, all that madness and devotion, she falls,

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<v Speaker 1>and her last moments we can imagine might have been

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<v Speaker 1>a flash of something, a memory the Black Sisters as children,

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<v Speaker 1>a moment of friendship, a feeling of love. We don't know. J. K.

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<v Speaker 1>Rowling doesn't tell us. She's silent, on that. So what

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<v Speaker 1>is the conclusion of this sleepy, meandering exploration. There is

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<v Speaker 1>no hard conclusion. That's the point. The theory the fan

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<v Speaker 1>fiction is that she wasn't always a monster, that she

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<v Speaker 1>was a product, a product of her family's ideology, a

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<v Speaker 1>product of a dark wizard's charisma, a product of a

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<v Speaker 1>brutal war, a product of twelve years of soul crushing despair,

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<v Speaker 1>the madness, the high court laugh, the wild eyes, the

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<v Speaker 1>fanatical devotion. It might have been a shield, a way

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<v Speaker 1>to survive, to belong, to be the most loyal, because

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<v Speaker 1>loyalty gave her identity. Does this excuse her? No? Never.

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<v Speaker 1>The torture of the long Bottoms is an unforgivable act.

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<v Speaker 1>Her role in the wars is evil. But understanding. Understanding

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<v Speaker 1>is different from excusing. Understanding is just looking at the

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<v Speaker 1>whole picture, letting all the pieces sit there. The sister

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<v Speaker 1>who comforted Narcissa, the cousin, serious despised, the wife, the

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<v Speaker 1>death eater, the prisoner, the mad woman, the loyal servant.

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<v Speaker 1>They're all in there, all in the same person. Let's imagine,

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<v Speaker 1>just for a moment, a sleepy hypothetical moment. Let's imagine

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<v Speaker 1>a different life, a life where she met some one

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<v Speaker 1>else first, a kind person, a huffle puff maybe, some

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<v Speaker 1>one who valued loyalty for its own sake, not for

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<v Speaker 1>a dark cause. Some one who saw the girl behind

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<v Speaker 1>the black name. What would she have been? We don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just a thought acquired what if to let your

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<v Speaker 1>mind wander with before you fall asleep. But that's not

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<v Speaker 1>the story we were given. The story we were given

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<v Speaker 1>is the tragedy, the tragedy of a person who chose

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<v Speaker 1>again and again the path of darkness, who embraced it, who

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<v Speaker 1>fought for it, who died for it. That before is

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<v Speaker 1>a ghost, a whisper, a possibility that was crushed under

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<v Speaker 1>the weight of history and choice. We can examine the echo,

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<v Speaker 1>but we can't change the song. So as you lie

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<v Speaker 1>there drifting off, think on Bellatrix, not the cackling, sapping villain,

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<v Speaker 1>but the person. The girl who was a sister, a cousin,

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<v Speaker 1>a student, the woman who was a wife, a follower,

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<v Speaker 1>a prisoner, the human being who perhaps once had a

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<v Speaker 1>moment of quiet happiness that the dementor stole from her forever.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't make her good, but it makes her more

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<v Speaker 1>more than just a monster. A monster is easy. A

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<v Speaker 1>person is complicated, and complicated is sleepy. It's something to

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<v Speaker 1>ponder slowly in the dark, with no rush at all.

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<v Speaker 1>There is no rush. There is no judgment now, just thoughts, soft, gray,

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<v Speaker 1>tired thoughts about choices and consequences and the long, dark

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<v Speaker 1>shadows of the past. Let them drift, let them fade,

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<v Speaker 1>Let the questions have no answers. That's all right. Some

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<v Speaker 1>stories don't have neat endings, especially the sad ones. You've

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<v Speaker 1>listened so well. Your breathing is slow now, your mind

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<v Speaker 1>is quiet. The story of Balatrix is just a story,

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<v Speaker 1>a dark one, but just words. They can't hurt you.

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<v Speaker 1>They're fading now, fading into the quiet, just like she

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<v Speaker 1>faded from a girl to a name, to a mad

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<v Speaker 1>woman to a memory. Close your eyes now, sleep well,

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<v Speaker 1>good night,