I find it very unlikely that Bella is in contact with anyone except the healer. Why would Quirrell want her running around and discussing the escape with people? It’s also unlikely that she remembers any part of the escape from Azkaban at all, including Harry’s role. Remember that she was Obliviated.
Why? So that there is a convincing witness that Harry is Voldemort, as I said. I’ve stated elsewhere a number of reasons why he would want some people to believe that.
Then his [Quirrell’s] hand pointed the wand at Bellatrix, and moved in a small circular gesture, accompanied by a quiet, “Obliviate.”
That’s not sufficient evidence that she was in fact obliviated. I can wave a stick and say obliviate too, and no one will be obliviated. Surely Quirrell could manage that as well.
To spell it out more explicitly, the suggestion is that while currently she’s loyal to Harry because she thinks he’s Harrymort, in the event that Quirrelmort wants to deny Harry influence over her by revealing ‘Actually I’m the one with the Dark Lord in his head, I was just manipulating the boy in a complicated plot, as is my style,’ she still might maintain some loyalty to Harry because manipulated or not, he still broke her out of Azkaban and performed all those impressive feats for her in the process. Especially the fact that he faced down the dementors without a patronus made her think he might actually be coming to care for her even when she thought her rescuer was the dark lord, knowing that it was actually the boy he looked like who did all that for her is likely to inspire some loyalty.
On the other hand, the dark ritual assisted brainwashing she went through was so thorough she was willing to Crucio herself, so the Dark lord might be willing to rely on that to prevent her from obeying Harry instead of stealing from her the memory of what she owes him.
Either way I imagine that the obliviation Harry saw was likely to be fake, after all he would probably want her report on the events that occurred while he was unconscious in case Harry left any details out in his summary.
Why? So that there is a convincing witness that Harry is Voldemort, as I said. I’ve stated elsewhere a number of reasons why he would want some people to believe that.
Then his [Quirrell’s] hand pointed the wand at Bellatrix, and moved in a small circular gesture, accompanied by a quiet, “Obliviate.”
That’s not sufficient evidence that she was in fact obliviated. I can wave a stick and say obliviate too, and no one will be obliviated. Surely Quirrell could manage that as well.
I find it very unlikely that Bella is in contact with anyone except the healer. Why would Quirrell want her running around and discussing the escape with people? It’s also unlikely that she remembers any part of the escape from Azkaban at all, including Harry’s role. Remember that she was Obliviated.
Why? So that there is a convincing witness that Harry is Voldemort, as I said. I’ve stated elsewhere a number of reasons why he would want some people to believe that.
That’s not sufficient evidence that she was in fact obliviated. I can wave a stick and say obliviate too, and no one will be obliviated. Surely Quirrell could manage that as well.
Yes, but Harry isn’t Voldemort. Which means she could have divided loyalties if Quirrellmort allows her to remember how Harry saved her.
Divided between whom? If QM lets her remember, she’ll remember that she was rescued by Voldemort, who is currently residing in Harry’s body.
I don’t get what you’re saying. “But Harry isn’t Voldemort.” Okay. But she’ll think he is, so who else besides Harrymort would she have loyalty to?
There is no Harrymort. Her loyalties would be divided between Harry and Quirrellmort.
To spell it out more explicitly, the suggestion is that while currently she’s loyal to Harry because she thinks he’s Harrymort, in the event that Quirrelmort wants to deny Harry influence over her by revealing ‘Actually I’m the one with the Dark Lord in his head, I was just manipulating the boy in a complicated plot, as is my style,’ she still might maintain some loyalty to Harry because manipulated or not, he still broke her out of Azkaban and performed all those impressive feats for her in the process. Especially the fact that he faced down the dementors without a patronus made her think he might actually be coming to care for her even when she thought her rescuer was the dark lord, knowing that it was actually the boy he looked like who did all that for her is likely to inspire some loyalty.
On the other hand, the dark ritual assisted brainwashing she went through was so thorough she was willing to Crucio herself, so the Dark lord might be willing to rely on that to prevent her from obeying Harry instead of stealing from her the memory of what she owes him.
Either way I imagine that the obliviation Harry saw was likely to be fake, after all he would probably want her report on the events that occurred while he was unconscious in case Harry left any details out in his summary.
Why? So that there is a convincing witness that Harry is Voldemort, as I said. I’ve stated elsewhere a number of reasons why he would want some people to believe that.
That’s not sufficient evidence that she was in fact obliviated. I can wave a stick and say obliviate too, and no one will be obliviated. Surely Quirrell could manage that as well.