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Posts: 87 · Joined: Apr 26, 2007 Posts: 87

For a project of mine I would like to explore/create a backstory for her. However she needs a reason to be evil, unless she is just plain bad (a pretty lame and unconvincing reason). Any idea or suggestions would be welcome.

Posts: 16482 · Posted: December 31, 2007 11:02 pm Post subject:

blame it on her parents
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Posts: 221 · Posted: January 1, 2008 3:35 am Post subject:

thats what i say it was her parents fault

Posts: 649 · Posted: January 1, 2008 5:54 am Post subject:

she is an awful woman,who hates muggle-borns...she is so EVILL

Posts: 24312 · Posted: January 1, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject:

People aren't born evil, they learn it from somewhere. Most of the time from their parents. Like Arabella said, blame it on them.
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Posts: 28094 · Posted: January 1, 2008 1:28 pm Post subject:

hmm.. she loves power... but she wouldnt kill people like voldy does... she creates twisted laws and upholds them...
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Posts: 16482 · Posted: January 1, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject:

a niffler crawled up her a** and died
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Posts: 28094 · Posted: January 1, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject:

gross!
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Posts: 2504 · Posted: January 1, 2008 2:58 pm Post subject:

it porbably has something to do with her parents, like other people are saying. But, I've always looked at how she felt a need to be accepted by the dark lord and stuff. And she didn't really now how to be in a position of power.

I don't know why...but Umbridge was my least favorite character in the whole series. Every part that she was in just made me crindge.
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Posts: 28094 · Posted: January 1, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject:

shes the annoying villain... people love snape draco and bellatrix... even voldie i suppse.. but dolores... everyone just hates her
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Posts: 2504 · Posted: January 1, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject:

I'm watching the 5th movie right now and she is sooooo anoying !!!

I'm at the part where she's kicking Trelawney out, it's so sad!
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Posts: 28094 · Posted: January 2, 2008 4:44 am Post subject:

i know... poor dumbledore... his powers were only limited to not sending trelawney out of the castle
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She is crazy....
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I hate the way she always wears pink and giggles she really annoys me i think she is just evil because she has been brought up hating halfbloods
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Posts: 239 · Joined: Jan 6, 2008 Location: My house Posts: 239

It could be many reasons;maybe her parents and the way she has brought up (remember how she despises half breeds and I don't know why, but I think that she was abused by her parents), she could be power hungry or just another paranoid.
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I think that she was obsessed with power and would do anything to get/keep it.
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Posts: 117 · Joined: Jun 15, 2008 Location: PA Posts: 117

she is an extremely annoying, evil (yet perky in a twisted way) villian. i despised her in the books but idk....certain parts in the movie made me laugh. the way she says "bombardo" (sp? sorry) makes me laugh. and she just gives everyone else excuses to make good jokes. like, i know this is the movie, when shes being taken away. she says "Tell them i need no harm!!" and harry, oh so sarcastically, comes back with..."sorry professor, i must not tell lies"

as far as why she is so evil. blaming it on her parents makes sense....but even going as far as to say that she had no parents works as well. like....they abandoned her, or were killed (possibly...for some reason, by "good" wizards. which would explain her love of the dark lord.)

idk. just ideas
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Posts: 17940 · Posted: June 17, 2008 9:34 am Post subject:

cant really say, partly it has to be from the parents, but other influences must be at play...
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Posts: 17940 · Posted: June 17, 2008 10:10 am Post subject:

too true

that added to her whole bittern self im sure Razz

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Posts: 493 · Joined: Nov 30, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 493

I actually like her as a villain myself - if she weren't, 'watered down' I guess, made a bit comical to better suit the story, she could be a truly frightening character. She reminds me of Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. On the surface there's this woman who really just wants to do her job the best way she knows how, but underneath is someone who wants so badly to be in control and have everything in perfect order that she'll do anything to get it. She's the kind of villain who doesn't need to use physical violence of any sort to hurt people, she can do immense damage just with words.
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Posts: 1835 · Joined: May 11, 2007 Location: malaysia Posts: 1835

haha.. she is coward..
she looks funny in pink,,
the colour doesn't suit her.. Evil or Very Mad

Posts: 8 · Joined: Jun 20, 2008 Location: Jamaica Posts: 8

I don't think that she is evil, she is just determined to maintain order. Fear oftem akes people do crazy things, in Umbridge's case she became irrational and seemingly evil
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