Oh how multifluous and diverse they are. Rather polarizing, aren't they? Bellatrix is the overtly crazy one, Adromeda's the muggle lover and Narcissa kind of sits in between, leaning a little more closely to Bella than anything else but not as raging.

What are your thoughts on this trio? Why (and how) did Bella become so fanatical? Why (and how) did Narcissa not turn out like Bella? Why (and how) did Andromeda become a blood traitor? Explore! Fell free to divert from these specific questions. If you have one that you want explored about these girls, ask it!

Start 2/27--End~3/31

First off, thank you Sissa for the thread

Second off....

I think that Narcissa was more intent on giving the Dark Lord the next generation of Death Eaters. She managed it with Draco, but then she fell down by loving her son too much when he finally went into service. I don't think she's a Death Eater, but i do think she is into the Dark Arts, Narcissa just hasn't learnt that you need to have a rather cold heart for the job. Yet she loves her husband and her son.

Compared to Bellatrix who loves her husband, but she's fairly stoic in the sense of guilt and remorse. She also loves the Dark Lord, actually, i'm not sure, does she love him?

Bella--Being the oldest sister, I think she got the short end of the stick in regards to the rest of the sisters. She would have at the pureblood propaganda shoved down her throat the most and was more than likely made to demonstrate what a proper pureblooded maniac was supposed to be like. She's the pride and joy of the family because she's neck deep in snakely goodness. I think anything in Bella's life, including her husband, is secondary to serving the Dark Lord. It would explain why she doesn't have any children. They would detract from her purpose on this earth. I don't think Bella loves Voldemort but she is uber-devoted, way beyond what any other Death Eater could offer.

Narcissa--I think there's a weakness there that isn't in Bella which is why Narcissa wasn't made as maniacal about becoming a DE as Bella was. She didn't have the potential but she still followed the pureblooded ways. I see her as kind of a tag along. She'll talk the talk but she won't walk the walk, both because of her weakness and because of her ability to love. As much as she claims that mudbloods are scum, I don't think she could outright kill one. And she's the type of person to put family first, not service, which is something the Dark Lord would demand. She loves her son and husband unconditionally and everything else takes a backseat. Her heart isn't in it as deeply as her sister.

Andromeda--I think her parents smelt something funny right from birth. Every family needs a black sheep, right? It would complete the balance. I think Andromeda has the greatest conscience and biggest heart out of all of the sisters and what she saw in regards to Bella and Narcissa was a huge turnoff for her so she diverted. She wasn't placed in Slytherin, she married a muggle, all because she knew that the pureblooded rage was insane, that blood didn't make the person and there's more to life than hatred. It's as if Bella was born without a conscience, Narcissa got half a one and Andromeda got the whole thing.

I guess when purebloods procreate they make sure to breed out that little voice and incorporate sociopathy.

Bellatrix is power hungry and despises muggles. Being the oldest, I think she felt that she had to live up to her family's expectations. So she followed in their path she believes in their beleifs.
I think she was drawn to Voldemort because he has the same beleifs as her, he despises muggles and muggle borns, he's power hungry and is very passionate about what he does. There are quite a lot of similarities between them, and I think it's only natrual that Bella ended up serving him.

Andromeda, well we haven't really heard much of her, but in my head she is the smartest Black sister. She's independant and does what she wants, not what everyone expects her to do. She isn't as narrow minded as her family, she doesn't think that power comes from being pureblood and believes that muggle borns can be just as talanted as the rest of them.

Narcissa grew up in her sisters shadows, she's described to have a fragile beauty and is probably then a fragile person. I think she looks up to Bellatrix and probably idolizes her, but doesn't want to risk becoming a Death Eater.
She cares more for her family than Bellatrix does, and finds that her duty to the Dark Lord, is to give him the men in her life. Lucius and Draco.

The black sisters are my favorite death eaters ever,
Bellatrix is amazing, she is strong crazy and she has been drawn to the crazy life of voldemort. They share alot of the same beliefs and i feel she will be a deatheater until death.

Narcissa however, is sweet and beautiful but she still has similar beliefs and she likes the dark lord and the power, but cares for her family more.

I think that Bellatrix was just overly-obsessed with Voldermort because she seemed not only power hungry but she also wanted to cause pain. I feel kinda bad for her husband because she didn't seem that devoted him. She was in Azkaban for a while so I think that affected her mentally for the worst.

Narcissa seemed to be more into her family than anything else. She probably just went along with the Darks Arts because she stood with her family's beliefs and not really her own. She was probably brought up to be beautiful and be joined with another pureblood so that she could produce heirs, I highly doubt her family had plans for her to be a Death Eater. In the sixth book, she was really upset that her husband was in jail and her son had a large possibility of either ending up dead or also getting in jail. She seems to be more of a lover than a fighter.

Andromeda seemed to be Bellatrix's Light Reflection. Where Bellatrix was extreme on an issue on the Dark Arts, Andromeda was extreme on that issue for the Light. They were polar opposites. Not much is known about her, but I think she was just as headstrong as Bellatrix, but she had a heart.

Here we have three very different personalities, all three related as sisters. Well, we all know that there's a certain "glitch" in the family Black, thus explaining the appearance of Sirius (generally considered a disgrace to the family) and his brother Regulus who, though a Slytherin, proved to be a disappointment in the end (no doubt).

Type 1 - Bellatrix - the Black values carried to an extreme. Bellatrix loves the Dark Side and wants nothing more than to make herself of value to the Dark Lord. She hates muggles and muggleborn wizards, making it her life mission to rid the wizarding world of them. Plus take the fact that she's not quite right and you have the exteme far side of the family.

Type 2 - Narcissa. She is the happy medium. She exemplifies good values, especially by Black family standards, having married a Malfoy and raised a respectable Slytherin son. She isn't hardcore like Bellatrix but she's no muggle lover, either. She represents what the Black family members should be like (to me!)

Type 3 - Andromeda. Far too soft to be a Black, even softer than her cousin Sirius. She loves muggles and eventually marries one, causing her to be disbarred from the family. Nothing wrong with her principles, just not right for the family!

Okay, those are my thoughts on the matter. BTW, I love the Black sisters the best!

I just wanted to add a thought to this discussion. I believe the only reason Nacrissa lent towards Bella is because Cissy seems afarid of Bella.
Cissy was too afarid of losing her son that she pretended to be evil, and now you she truthly she sways more with Tonks.

I must say that I agree

I agree to an extent. While she wasn't as psychotic as Bellatrix, I have no doubt that she was into the whole pureblood mania. I think she was nestled snuglly between Bella and Tonks, not off the wall insane, ready to commit murder for the cause but at the same time was more than willing to keep herself away from mudbloods for fear of taint. She's all talk, to walk, same as Lucius.

I see your point, what about Narcissa's relationshipe with Lucius, do you think he was the right man to just to give her a son or is it true love?

I think it was just true blood. Love is a peculiar word adn I believe that Narcissa loves Lucius more than he loves her for I see him putting himself first, as, I think, was proven in the final book. I do think the marriage was arranged but that Lucius was more attractive to Narcissa than the other way around.

Interesting point you have there. I would also like to ask our lovely members what would of happened if Bellatrix and Voldermort got together?

Very ugly babies.