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Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In this video, we’re going to be
discussing Lord Voldemort, loyal Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange, and the child conceived
by this unlikely pair.
I know that emotions run wild when it comes to the cursed child, and that a lot of you
don’t consider it canon. But, it was written by Rowling, and she even went as far as to
tweet to her fans that it should be considered as canon. The issue with this is that it contradicts
the original storyline in a lot of ways, and in many ways her inconsistencies have led
fans to the point of rejecting it’s status as part of Harry Potter canon. Whatever your
perspective on the matter, this video WILL be discussing and including aspects of the
cursed child. I myself am impartial as, like I’ve said, JK Rowling, the original writer,
DID say that it’s canon-which makes it true, but like the rest of you, I’m not totally
on board with some of the decisions that were made.
Now, featured in the Cursed Child is the unlikely daughter of Bellatrix Lestrange and Lord Voldemort.
Her name is Delphini, and she was conceived sometime in the mid to late 1990s, in secret,
at the Malfoy Manor. Her birth did actually coincide with the events of the original books
- we just never had any indication of it. Delphini, who also goes by Delphi in The Cursed
Child, became the only known living heir of Salazar Slytherin after Voldemort died in
the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998. Her birth was kept a secret by her parents because they
feared that their infamous reputations would place her in danger, especially in the event
of their deaths. It is unknown what her relationship was like with her parents or how they felt
about her as they both died while she was still a baby, but she still went on to inherit
many traits from both of them.
As she grew older she became increasingly cruel, sadistic, violent, ruthless, obsessive,
manipulative, cunning, charismatic, intelligent- the list goes on. Her calculated, determined,
and most of all ruthless nature - meant that she would eventually go on to murder Craig
Bowker Jr, and act which swiftly landed her in Azkaban prison.. She was fierce-tempered
and would easily lose control if things went awry, another trait she inherited from her
mother and father. It’s interesting that she would inherit so many traits from them,
given that she wasn’t raised by either of them. I have often questioned her nature in
an attempt to decipher why it is that she turned out the way that she did.
Her mother Bellatrix Lestrange was one of the most feared witches in the wizarding world.
Her fear-inspiring name and bloodthirsty reputation were well-deserved, and she was known to have
murdered and tortured many many witches and wizards. Her magical capabilities were more
than impressive, and she was widely considered to be one the most powerful and dangerous
witches of her time. Bellatrix Lestrange was of course Lord Voldemort’s most loyal follower,and
though she served him unquestionably, I do think that she always wanted MORE with Voldemort,
she wanted to be his queen, and to rule over the magical and muggle worlds alongside him.
Voldemort on the other hand, was not so keen on a relationship with anyone. This is because
he was born with an incapability of feeling love. Voldemort is perhaps the most feared
dark wizard of all time-feared so much that most of the wizarding world was afraid to
even utter his name. Voldemort achieved power that others could only dream of, and he was
an intelligent, cunning and manipulative man that amassed a legion of followers at the
height of his power. Despite appearing to care for his followers, this wasn’t the
case, as Voldemort truly did not care for anyone. He had no understanding of empathy
whatsoever, and simply used those around him to more quickly achieve his goal of power.
If you were to approach Voldemort with your problems, he would have no interest in helping
you with your problems unless he himself was effected in some way. He was incredibly self-obsessed,
and was dead-set on becoming immortal and powerful. So, with all of that being said,
you may wonder HOW on earth he ended up having a CHILD. How could someone who cares for nooone,
and is seemingly asexual, have any interest in having a child with someone? Why would
he do it?
One theory that I had was that Voldemort had a daughter as a safeguard. He knew that he
was the descendant of his ancestor Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts
and one of the most powerful wizards of all time. To Voldemort, blood status was important,
which is somewhat ironic given that he’s a half blood. Nonetheless, I can see how Voldemort
may have wanted to conceive a child to carry on the bloodline of his ancestor Salazar Slytherin.
Had he not carried on that bloodline, then it may have put a stop to it altogether. Procreation
would have been the only way to do it, and that point, Voldemort would see it as a necessary
thing to do in order to have his legacy carry on.
My other theory, is that Voldemort never wanted to have a child at all. But, Bellatrix, who
was immensely deranged and obsessed with Voldemort, gave him a love potion. You might remember
another time that a love potion was used- I am of course referring to Voldemort’s
own parents. Voldemort’s mother, Merope Gaunt, used a love potion on his muggle father-
and the two went on to conceive a child. Because their relationship was artificial, Voldemort
was born with an incapability of feeling love, or emotion. Voldemort’s biggest flaw, which
led to his eventual downfall, WAS his incapability of feeling love- and it was what set him off
on his path of villainy from a very young age. One of the reasons that I think that
Voldemort may have been under the influence of a love potion, is the way that Delphini
turned out. From a very young age, she exhibited traits that very much resembled her father
- she was intelligent, calculating, manipulative, and most of all, rather devoid of emotion
and empathy. Fans have often wondered HOW someone like Voldemort would have a child,
and I think that because of how Delphini turned out, the love potion argument has some merit.
The only way that Delphini deviated from her father in personality, was that she had a
devout obsession with him. For her entire life, she yearned to be with him, to have
a father, and she was less concerned with world domination or conquest.
Bellatrix is JUST insane enough to try to use a love potion on someone like Voldemort,
and one thing that the films massively downplayed was how truly and madly attracted she was
to Voldemort. JK Rowling discussed this in an interview:
“And Bellatrix, was, as I think is clear– you know, I doubt that people will be particularly
shocked to hear, ’cause I’m sure they’ve deduced, that Bellatrix is madly, romantically
in love with Voldemort. This is– you know, that’s the obsession of her life. And I
believe that Helena Bonham Carter had to be asked to tone it down after she– (laughs)
The producer called me and said, you know, give me some background on Bellatrix so we
can tell Helena about it. And I said, well of course, it’s a sexual attraction. She’s
madly in love with this man, and obsessed by him. (laughs) Apparently, they had to ask
her to bring it down because she was being a bit too sexy.”
There are also segments from the books which allude to her obsession with the dark lord:
“My Lord . . . my Lord . . . ”
It was Bellatrix’s voice, and she spoke as if to a lover.
There’s also a rather uncomfortable segment from the Order of the Phoenix that a. Might
make you shudder and b. could PERHAPS allude to the conception of Delphini:
Maniacal laughter was ringing in his ears: Voldemort was happier than he had been in
a very long time: jubilant, ecstatic, triumphant: a wonderful, wonderful thing had happened.
Harry could not help feeling that his first foray into Occlumency had weakened his mind’s
resistance rather than strengthening it, and he wondered, with a feeling of great trepidation,
what had happened to make Lord Voldemort the happiest he had been in fourteen years.
Given Voldemort’s incapability of feeling emotion, I think that a love potion really
fits. Now the questions are: how long did it last for, how strong was it, and was Voldemort
released from it before his death? I think Voldemort was most likely under the influence
of the potion from Delphini’s conception, all the way to his defeat, I say this because
if Voldemort KNEW that Bellatrix had given him anything, she surely would have paid for
what she had done. I don’t think that Voldemort is the type of man to take things lightly,
and I think that he would have killed Bellatrix, or worse, if he found out. I don’t think
that he would have been very understanding. But Bellatirx, who was madly obsessed with
him, was willing to take that risk, and being the powerful witch that she is, likely brewed
a potion that was strong enough to last quite some time.
In the case of Voldemort’s parents, Merope gave Riddle the love potion in a drink. Shortly
after consuming the beverage, he became immediately infatuated with Merope. In just a few short
months, the two were married and Merope was pregnant. But, not long after getting married,
the effects of the love potion faded away. This could have happened one of two ways:
1. Merope could no longer live a lie, and stopped giving Riddle the love potion
Or
2. The effects of the love potion wore off unsuspectingly, and Merope was caught off
guard
Either way, when the effects of the potion wore off, and when Tom was no longer bewitched,
he was horrified with what had happened. Here he was all of a sudden, married with a child
to a woman that he had no attraction towards. Dumbledore himself has speculated that Merope
dropped the curse hoping that Tom had genuinely fallen in love- but in actuality, as soon
as Riddle was out of the trance, he went back to little Hangleton, fleeing from Merope and
their son- disgusted with what had happened to him. I think that it’s fair to say that
Voldemort would be a little more than just ‘disgusted’, and would likely take some
form of action.
What do you guys think? How was Delphini conceived? Did Bellatrix use a love potion on Voldemort?
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