J. K. Rowling presents Umbrigde's backstory

[t0ra-chan.livejournal.com]

In time for Halloween JKR gave us another short story (more background info to be honest, it's not like it has a plot). You can read it at Pottermore (if you have an account and can actually remember your user name and password) or you can read it here: J.K. Rowling writes Harry Potter Halloween tale profiling 'malicious' Dolores Umbridge

My personal take on this little story is that it's wholly pointless. It just repeats that Umbridge was always a nasty person with no depth to her and she's worse than blood purists. Nothing really new or insightful is revealed, nor do I believe did anybody care to know this sort of stuff about Umbridge. I also found it very unbelievable that anybody would buy her claims of being a pureblood, considering how small the wizarding community is. And of course she was a Slytherin, because where else could an evil person in HP have come from.

Comments

[oryx_leucoryx]

So Umbridge is a magical and powerful Aunt Marge?

[vermouth1991.livejournal.com]

Well, two weeks ago I watched "Matilda" for the first time, and realized that the lady playing Trunchbull looked awfully familiar... (So much for JKR's 'no non-Britons/Irish in the cast' rule, though)

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

Well, Pam Ferris is British, she was just born in Germany.