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.

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Re: Plastic bow, frills, little handbag

[hwyla.livejournal.com]

It isn't even that JKR had to have taken the class in the '60s. In fact, the teacher's little bow would not have stood out so much in that time period. It really sounds more like a woman who developed her style in the '60s and then never changed with the times. Keeping to the styles of her youth.

One thing I find funny is remembering the styles of early some early new wave female singers - the floppy hair bows, crinolines and the frilly ankle socks with heels. Now imagine Dolores as THIS version of the 'little girl' look!