𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱 | 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬

Hello my fellow HPA ,

and welcome to my blog post!

Today, instead of revisiting an

old Weekend Challenge, I have

decided to look back on an

old Debate topic. A few years

back I used to compete in each

and every debate that I could,

and so, I wanted to check out

some of the ones that I missed!

Instead of 'picking a side' and

only talking about one side of

the argument, as the debates are

no longer live, I thought it would

be a good idea to talk about the

topic as a whole.

For my first revisit I have chosen

to go with this post which was

created by Aves back in 2020.

The Debate is about Bellatrix, and

whether she was drawn to Voldemort

because she genuinely agreed with

his ideologies and plans, or because

she herself simply wanted power.

Bellatrix was the treasured child of the

Black family for many years, she was

                 the eldest daughter of Druella and

                        Cygnus Black, with her two sisters

           Andromeda and Narcissa being younger

than her. With there being about 8 years

    between her and Sirius' birth, for a good

      majority of her youth she was the eldest

  of the new Black generation, and would

                           have been seen as the newest heir to

                        her family - despite the fact that she

                         was a girl.

                                         The Black family held very strong

                 prejudice beliefs regarding blood purity

                    in magical families, wealth and elitism,

                                      aswell as being fanatical regarding

                              keeping their family in these traditional

                                ways. To them, one of the most

      important things that they held dear

        throughout the generations, was to

                           ensure that the family stayed pure and

                             did not mix any sort of muggle heritage

                                                 into their sacred blood.

         So, when it was clear that Bellatrix

      would have to serve as the Black

  male heir, she surely would have been

treated as so. The young girl would

                have been taught all of her family

                          traditions and values, as any

                        member of House Black, but she

        would have surely been given even

more attention and responsabilities

   than her sisters; being as valuable as

she was to her elders. Having such a

   weight placed upon her shoulders

    would have left Bella feeling rather

                important and powerful, like she was

               in full control of her family and it's

                                 future. She would have been given

   authority, a lot of attention and the

responsability of House Black's future.

                  With the years rolling by, she would

                inevitably one day become the head

           of her house - a great honour I'm sure

              she would have welcomed with

       open arms.

                                       All of Bellatrix's future plans would

                                      soon however be thrawted with the

                             birth of her cousin Sirius Black. With

                     the family now having an official

               male heir, Bella would no longer be

                             needed as the place holder her

                                       family probably believed her to be.

                                         Being knocked down to the same

                                 level as her younger sisters, and now

                                     only being viewed as a vessel to

                                 continue on her family line, she would

                     have surely been envious. I imagine

                that Bella would never have forgetten

                               the power her previous position had

                                      granted her, and would try to do all

                                      that she could to regain that sence

                                               of importance and control.

Nearing the end of her

       adolescence with the years ticking

     by like seconds of a clock,

  Bellatrix's resentment was sure to

                have grown bigger and bigger. Not

                     only resentment but envy and longing

                 for what she was once promised. By

  the time she did become a Death

Eater and Lord Voldemort's forces,

all of this started to change as her

          power dynamic began to revert to what

                       she had as a child.

                                        She did the dark wizard in his

                                            journey for power for the same

              reasons as every other Death Eater - she

       belived in his ideologies, she believe

                      in what he was striving to achieve, she

                         believed in HIM. After a while of show

                               her commitment not only to his cause

                                   but to him as a person, I'm sure that

                               Voldemort would have picked up on

                          Bella and her devotion to him.

The longer that she served him and

       the more devoted she became, Bellatrix

     would have slowly grown up the ranks,

             over time becoming one of the most

valuable and loyal Death Eaters. This

     would have gifted her with some of - if

           not more - power and responsabilities

   similar to those she was promised as

           a young girl.

                                      This factor would have been a very

                                        huge point in her sticking around

                    Voldemort, but wasn't the sole reason

                she was there. Bella believed in this way

            of life and any witch or wizard in her

                                 shoes and mindset, would have gone

                              down the same path. Regardless of any

                             empty promises that she had been told

                     by her family, Bella saw an opportunity to

                 make the magical world better in her

                            eyes and chose to follow it. The fact that

                                 she regained some of that lost power

                                        was just an added bonus as she

                                     attempted to better the world for

                        herself and her family.

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