Random Fan Theories About Bellatrix Lestrange That Are Wild Enough To Be True (15 items)

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  (#1) Bellatrix Lestrange Is More Evil Than Voldemort

  From Redditor u/Nyxaus_Motts:

  I have always thought Bellatrix LeStrange seemed more dangerous than Voldemort. Sure Voldemort is stronger than Bellatrix but he always seemed to flat out kill people where as Bellatrix, forgive the expression, likes to play with her food. I just think given the choice between murder and drawn out torture Voldemort will choose murder because it is simply a means to an end. Bellatrix on the other hand seems to genuinely enjoy what she does to a fanatical degree, even if it doesn't result in anything.
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  (#2) Bellatrix Didn't Marry Rodolphous For Love

  From Redditor u/cadenpet:

  There is an assumption that you love who you marry. It was probably seen as a legal contract not a love connection. He wouldn't have cared. As long as she didn't do something that got him murdered anyway. For them it was like breeding puppies you pick the bloodline you like the best. He was pureblood she was pureblood. All is right with the world.
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  (#3) Bellatrix Was Bested By Molly Weasley Because She Wasn't Used To Fighting Someone Willing To Kill Her

  From Redditor u/ArguingPizza:

  Part of the explanation may be that Bellatrix was unused to fighting someone who was also willing to use the Killing Curse. Now, in the books it doesn't specifically name the curse that Molly uses to kill Bellatrix, referring to it simply as 'a curse' but it strikes Bellatrix in the chest and kills her almost instantaneously, so it is possible. Additionally, Bella was having so much fun taunting Molly that she got sloppy, and this caused her to slip up and let a curse slip past. Remember, Bellatrix is insane, and this is one of the few times we see her where that weakness comes through in battle.
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  (#4) Bellatrix Went Insane To Prove Her Devotion To Voldemort

  From Quora user Karuna Chhibber:

  She was always a bit twisted. She was brutal with violent tendencies and was the most devoted follower of Voldemort. Her stay in Azkaban kind of furthered her mental decline. She was always eager to use the Cruciatus curse. She took immense pride in committing such atrocities considering them as an act of loyalty.

  Harry once mentioned that she is was as "mad as her master."

  Despite these cruel traits she was not incapable of caring for others. She was obsessively in love with her master and was attracted to him. She also had a close relationship with her sister Narcissa and showed some affection towards her nephew Draco Malfoy , teaching him Occlumency and other skills. I believe she was crazy for and because of the Dark Lord. The love and devotion she had for him plus her hate for muggles and half bloods aggravated the already there brutal nature and fierce temper.
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  (#5) Bellatrix Tortured The Longbottoms For Information About Harry

  From Quora user Grace Tan:

  All that we got out of the books were that the attacks came after Voldie’s downfall, Bellatrix and co had talked themselves out of Azkaban, and then Bellatrix seemingly loses her mind and goes to torture the Longbottoms on info about Voldie. But Bellatrix is not the kind of woman to rush headlong into things. If she were then she’ll be in Azkaban in the first go.

  As far as I know, only Dumbledore, McGonagall, Hagrid, Sirius, and Remus knew where Harry was headed. Bellatrix probably thought that, since the Marauders were either dead, jailed or unsuitable, then Harry would possibly be holed with some OOTP members. And who better than the Longbottoms? As Harry was the only person who sort of witnessed whether Voldie died or not, Bella probably thought she could “Legilimens” it out of him. However, she had to find the baby first. So she went to the Longbottoms to demand the boy, then tortured them to know where Harry was after it became clear he wasn’t there.

  And I wouldn’t put it past Bella to shoot a few Crucios Neville’s way. To be blunt, if I want someone to loosen their lips, torturing their beloved family member is a good way to loosen mouths. Or to drive someone completely berserk.
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  (#6) Bellatrix, Narcissa, And Andromeda Are The Fountain of Fair Fortune Witches

  From Redditor u/tea-ory:

  I have a theory that the witches in The Fountain of Fair Fortune story from The Tales of Beedle the Bard are representative of the Black Sisters- Bellatrix, Narcissa, and Andromeda. This is in the same way that it is theorised that Voldemort, Snape, and Harry are the 3 brothers from the Tale of the Three Brothers!
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  (#7) Bellatrix Wasn't Insane

  From Redditor u/ConsiderableHat:

  Bellatrix is not legally insane: she fully understands the nature and quality of her actions. She doesn't come off as mentally ill much, either; gleefully murderous, cheerfully violent, bigoted even by the prevailing standards of bigotry and fanatically devoted to Voldemort. You might make a case for a touch of hypomania when she's got the prospect of a fight in front of her, but that could just be an attempt to provoke her opponent to get a fight going. (The desire to get in a fight could also be suicidal ideation, something like the warrior-culture ideal of seeking a beautiful death. Which makes it entirely appropriate that she gets surprise-ganked by a maternally outraged housewife.)

  She's entirely rational, just reasoning from absurd premises to morally objectionable conclusions.
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  (#8) Bellatrix And Rodolphous Didn't Further The Lestrange Line Because Of Their Dedication To The Dark Lord

  From Quora user Daniel Elkins:

  Perhaps Bellatrix simply didn’t want an extra distraction from her duties as a Death Eater. She was pretty deeply invested into her role as an inner circle Death Eater. She probably wanted to devote most of her time to furthering the war effort and didn’t want the extra complication of carrying a child, giving birth, and caring/raising one. From what little we know about Rodolphus, he also seems to have been a dedicated follower and would’ve probably had a similar sentiment. Perhaps they planned on waiting until Voldemort conquered England. They were still pretty young at the end of the First Wizarding War, and had plenty of time to worry about the Lestrange line continuing on.

  There’s also the possibility that either Bellatrix or Rodolphus couldn’t have children for whatever reason. This happens in real life often enough and there’s nothing to suggest that wizards or witches are immune. This would give Bella another reason to hate Andromeda, jealous that she was able to have a child when she herself couldn’t.
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  (#9) Harry Has Such A Strong Reaction To Bellatrix Because Of Voldemort's Horcrux Inside Of Him

  From Redditor u/WearyWolfy:

  I've been noticing something throughout the books and it's been bugging me for some time. Every time Bellatrix is mentioned, she's treated a bit different than most other death eaters, even Lucius isn't singled out like she is in the books. Something about her is clearly jumping out to Harry, and us the readers, since every appearance in the books to Harry, he's transfixed by her in some way.

  Now obviously this odd fixation on her turns to rage towards the end of the fifth book and carries over throughout the rest of books because of what she does to Sirius, however while he hates Voldemort and his other followers, there's a passionate hatred saved for Bellatrix that not even Umbridge or even the murderer of his parents, Voldemort, can instill within Harry the moment he sees her or is reminded of her. Now what's been bugging me is this theory that there is a secondary reason for such a strong reaction to her. The piece of Voldemort within Harry is reacting to seeing or being near Bellatrix throughout the books. It would explain the surge of emotion whenever she's involved, perhaps not as strong before the end of The Order of the Phoenix. 

  [Read the full theory here]
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  (#10) Bellatrix Fought During The Battle Of Hogwarts After Giving Birth

  From Quora user Gabriel Bell:

  So everyone is willing to accept that Tonks gave birth then got up and fought in The Battle of Hogwarts, but no one is willing to accept that Bellatrix gave birth then got up and fought in the self same battle?

  Tonks - who has no real love for her Lord and Master Dumbledore, and who only has a love for her husband and son - came to fight at The Battle just days after giving birth to Teddy, and that is totally believable.

  Bellatrix - who would live and die and sell her gorram SOUL for Voldemort - came to fight at The Battle of Hogwarts in aid and support of her Lord and Master and Messiah, and that’s just bs? I’m sorry, but where is the logic in that argument?

  Of the two of them, I would say Bellatrix is FAR more likely to come and fight even if she was still pregnant at the time, or even if she was nursing while she was cursing. She WORSHIPPED THE GUY - do you really think when he said “Come on - we’re going to Hogwarts” she would say “Sorry pet, I’m feeling a bit down cause I just had a sprog and I have to stay in bed for a few days” or would she rush to his side like a psychotic puppy on heat going “Yes Master, I hear and obey”?

  If Tonks was there, Bellatrix would be there with knobs on.
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  (#11) Lord Voldemort Truly Cared For Bellatrix Lestrange

  From Redditor u/throwawaybellamort:

  First, let me clarify this once and for all that the love potion had no effect on his ability to love. Here's what Rowling said about it. Voldemort would have been different if he had got love as a child but all he got was abuse. The orphanage was so traumatic for him, scarred him so much, that we saw in the DH chapter where he's going to kill Harry that he still has not let go of it. Even after becoming Lord Voldemort and half a century later, he still remembers it as though it was yesterday. The orphanage was what shaped his personality into what we see in the books and made him what he was.

  Since he didn't get any love in his childhood and he was already darkly inclined, his mind was warped as soon as he grew cognizant. The people in the orphanage only aggravated it by calling him mad, bullying, and abusing him. I'm sure there was physical abuse too. He learnt to defend himself in any way he could, especially because he had special powers. He learnt to hate people, to prove to them who he actually was and how wrong they were to treat him, HIM, like that.

  [Read the full theory here]
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  (#12) Bellatrix Lied About The Father Of Her Child

  From Redditor u/jbafofi4:

  TLDR: Delphi is not really the child of Voldemort but was made to believe that in an effort for her to bring him back to life.

  Essentially, Roldolfus and Bellatrix had a child. After everything had fallen to sh*t, Roldolfus told his daughter that Voldemort was her father to motivate her to steal the time turner and turn back time bring everyone back.

  [Read the full theory here]
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  (#13) Bellatrix Was Under The Effects Of A Love Potion

  From Redditor u/someonewrongonthenet:

  Bellatrix had once been, the most promising witch of her own generation, before the Dark Lord stole her and broke her, shattered her and reshaped her, binding her to him on a deeper level and with darker arts than any Imperius.
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  (#14) Bellatrix Is Not Delphini's Mother

  From Quora user Yin Shan Ho:

  TLDR: Bellatrix is not Delphi's mother.  At the end of the day, Delphi was brought up by Euphemia Rowle and told of her true heritage by Rodolphus Lestrange. There's no proof whatsoever. The fact that she is Voldemort’s daughter, however, is indisputable.

  She was raised by Euphemia Rowle, but she could have been anyone’s daughter - Euphemia’s, or any other female Death Eater (not Alecto Carrow). All Delphi knew about her heritage was what Rodolphus Lestrange told her - could he have changed the identity of the mother to embellish the story? Bellatrix was old. She was the eldest Black sister (Andromeda and Narcissa were younger). She was 47 at the Battle of Hogwarts/when Delphi was born. And Voldemort was 71. Yes, you can play the “Dark Magic” card to justify two older people having a child, but I think it would have been difficult for her to have overpowered the Snatchers, or fought at the Battle of Hogwarts, whilst carrying a child or having just given birth, at her age.

  [Read the full theory here]
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  (#15) Bellatrix Gave Voldemort A Love Potion

  From Quora user Cara Scala:

  TL;DR version: While it's likely that the play authors intended the audience to think that Voldemort and Bellatrix had sex, I don't think this is true due to established characterization. It makes more sense that Bella gave Voldemort a love potion to trick him into bed, so that's what I think happened.

  Assuming we take Cursed Child as canon (which many don't, myself included), then at some point, Lord Thingy and Bellatrix did the nasty and Delphi was born. I find this to be ridiculously contradictory to everything we learn about Voldemort in the books, and for that reason, I like to think that Bella was able to sneak a love potion into his afternoon tea. This makes far more sense to me - Bella was clearly in love with Voldemort, and she was batcrap crazy enough to pull it off. It also mirrors Voldemort's own conception, in that both Tom Riddle and Delphi were brought into the world due to magical coercion. This theory makes so much more sense in light of what we know about these characters, too.

  [Read the full theory here]

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