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

(#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.

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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.

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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!
(#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.
(#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.

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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.