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

Umbridge is less scary to me now

[nx74defiant.livejournal.com]

One of the great things in the first book was the vilian wasn't the stereotype looking Snape, it was the seemingly harmless Quirell.

Re: Umbridge is less scary to me now

[hwyla.livejournal.com]

Yes - that was what hooked me on the books and the reason I actually bought them for my niece to read. I kept waiting for that to play out better. There were hints at it, but in the end it was dropped.