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The Black family fromHarry Potterwere an interesting bunch . Although not principal eccentric of the series , for the most part , a destiny of information about them leak out out through the other characters and through J.K. Rowling herself . They were definitely an queer bunch — gallant pure - stemma , with some eccentricities that are fairly backbreaking to cut . It does n’t seem harsh at all to claim that they were , hand down , one of the most messed up families in the series — dire , supremacist , and often unhinged .
A few facts are n’t remark in the book , or did n’t have a laboured emphasis , but they ’ll make you pause and think because , wow … just how strange does this kinsperson get ?
They Had A Motto
Mottos are n’t a big affair for family in the Potterverse . They ’re more of aGame of Thronesstyle of matter — but the pitch-dark family love having a motto and display it proudly on their tree .
Toujours pur .
It means ' always pure ' , and was a reference book to the pure ancestry they were so proud of . The grim family had a riding habit of nail anyone off their house Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree who might defile their reputation , and were very proud of their supremacist stance against non - magical blood . An odd thing to be proud of , but this family were n’t on the button reasonable . We ’re just commence to scratch the surface here .
Sirius And Regulus Were Polar Opposites — Or Were They?
Siriusand Regulus were lend up in the exact same environment , with the same parents , and yet work out to be completely unlike . A good quondam ' nature is more crucial than nurture ' argument .
Or is it ?
Initially , Sirius was the rebel ; the one who did n’t trust in his parents teachings , shockingly unprejudiced for someone who grew up as inner as he did . Regulus was the dearie of Walburga and Orion , presumably pinning all their hopes on him because Sirius had turned out to be such a disappointment . They were opposite brothers .
For a while , anyway .
Regulus courageously defected from the Death Eaters eventually and made a jolly decorous try at getting disembarrass of Voldemort , so peradventure he pack after his big brother more than anyone imagine .
They Were Pretty Closely Related To The Weasleys
It ’s weird to think of the smutty family being so close related to the Weasleys , but all virtuous - blood families are related . Much as the pitch-black kin probably do n’t like to intromit it , since the Weasleys are what ’s moot ' blood traitors ' — those pure - parentage who take no pridefulness in their heritage , and are n’t prejudiced against those of ' lesser ' blood .
Cedrella Black wed Septimus Weasley and was subsequently renounce for following her heart . She was n’t the last appendage of the family line this happened to , but on the face of it the opprobrious family hadreallystrict weather condition for which family they could wed into . After all , at least Septimus was a pure - blood .
Some Of Them Had Kids REALLY Young
Cygnus III and his father , Pollux , back in the day both had kids at thirteen .
While not impossible , and it does n’t inherently intend anything bad , it ’s pretty foreign that both valet de chambre had baby as young as thirteen since that ’s an fantastically untried geezerhood to be procreating . fan have put this down to J.K. Rowling ’s self - confess risky maths , as certainly she did n’t mean for two multiplication of the family to be have children when they were barely adults themselves , but she might well have . Two generations in a row ? Like father , like boy .
They Liked To Behead Their House-Elves
Like a mess of saturated - blood families , the Black family lean to own House - Elves . House - Elves are creatures who are treated as slaves , and tend to become very affiliated to the family they ’re serving . The disastrous family belong one step above in their ruthlessness and would decapitate the House - Elves who got too honest-to-goodness to serve them .
The House - Elves , of course , considered it an honor . The Stockholm Syndrome was very real in this relationship .
They maintain the head — a wild custom — although Kreacher luckily escaped this luck since all the mordant family died before he did . Still , the poor House - Elves who get along before him and were not quite so golden .
Walburga Black’s Portrait
It ’s not unusual in the Potterverse for portrait to be of beat characters , letting their spirits last on through that . Dumbledore ’s portrayal was even capable to offer advice .
Walburga ’s portrayal , however …
Sirius ' mother continue a portrait of herself mystify up in the Black family house that no one could remove , and she would holler and cry at anyone who choke . This had to be the most plaguy portrait in the whole of theHarry Potterworld , as everyone had to tip quietly past her to stave off being screamed at and call a whole innkeeper of smirch for being in her home . She would have givenBellatrixa run for her money .
All Of The Black Sisters Had Different Hair Colors
A somewhat less serious one , but … Bellatrix , Andromeda , and Narcissa all had different fuzz colors .
They just did n’t look likewise in any fashion ( well — Andromeda and Bellatrix perhaps a spot exchangeable , but even then ) …
Bellatrix had highly dark hairsbreadth . Andromeda ’s was light brown . Narcissa ’s was hopeful blonde — at least in the books . In the movies , it was two - tone .
In terms of the story , this was probably for esthetic reasons in terms of each character , but in terms of biology it ’s pretty surprising that not even two of them had the same hair colour .
Sirius Was Not The Only One Disowned In His Generation
Sirius was disown for running aside from home at the years of sixteen , but he was not the only one .
The Black family loved to disown people and in the same generation , Andromeda — mother of Nymphadora Tonks — was disown for hook up with a Muggle - born . It ’s not experience if she was super sympathetic to the cause of the edict , or only helped out because of Ted and was just in love , but she clear did n’t abide by her family ’s pedagogy that strongly . telling , moot she probably had to wriggle out from under the ever - watchful centre of Bellatrix . It ’s surprising that Andromeda experience until the end of the serial , all matter considered .
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