Fic Challenge #194: Girl Power

[jalenstrix]

Title: Girl Power
Summary: Voldemort helps Bellatrix make a grand entrance into the official Death Eater ranks.
Characters/Pairings: Voldemort, Bellatrix Black, Lucius Malfoy, Walden MacNair
Genre: General
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 for some implications
Medium: Fic
Word Count: 706
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Comments

[samantha]

This was such a great read - I loved the tone and the fun dialogue especially :D

[jalenstrix]

Eee, thank you so much! :)

[nikkikitty]

[jalenstrix]

[grin] Thank you so much! I really enjoy thinking about pre-Azkaban Bellatrix, and what she must have been like.

[miscuatroamores]

I do have to agree with Nikki. You did capture her in this fic. I would presume this is how the men in the Death Eaters did think about women, such as early 19th century men thinking. And Bellatrix was the one woman to kill that kind of thinking.

[jalenstrix]

Right? I mean, she may be playing for the Dark Side (TM), but she's clearly the type to break barriers. :D

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[juliahearts]

This is absolutely amazing??? Your characterization of everyone involved it spot on, and Bellatrix is hauntingly wonderful. She's such an interesting character and you did her so well. ♥

[jalenstrix]

:D Thank you so much!! <3

I totally agree with you about the complexity of Bellatrix -- especially pre-Azkaban Bellatrix. We never really get to see that, which means there's so much room for imagination to play! :)

[samelthecamel]

LOVE IT. I don't think I've ever read a fic from Voldemort's point of view before, but I really enjoyed it. I especially like the part where Bellatrix severs a tendon with hardly any effort. :)

[jalenstrix]

:D Thank you!!! I really like playing with points of view of the characters who seem less filled out in canon.

[jalenstrix]

Eee, thank you so much!! I've been so encouraged by how many people enjoy this take on pre-Azkaban Bella. :D

[jalenstrix]

:: all the pre-Azkaban Bella love ::
And just *yes* about her fascination with Voldemort. I'm so right there with you.

I do have a few other things I've written about her (mostly from V's point of view) - they're over at FFnet:

Starting at snippet 10 in this collection, and interspersed among the other Tom Riddle ones
Snippet 20 of this collection
A snippet with Bella and Rodolphus
and this is an in-Azkaban time slice: Narcissa goes to visit

I'm also pondering this month's challenge prompts with a Bella-Voldemort theme. :D