death to capslock

On the subject of "lazily" and such-like being sexy words: YES. Elkins had a really great meta on that about Lupin and how "lazily" is both evil and sexy in the HP books. And, really, in RL: if your mannerisms are "lazy," it's probably because a) you don't care too much about what's going on, which is a sign of a scary level of detachment, or you can SEEM like you don't care too much, which is a sign of a scary level of control, and b) it means your voice drawls and sort of stretches out when you talk and your posture is probably sprawling, with your body fully on display. Those things are sexy. I used to think that Rowling's villains were unsexy and that she was making a Tolkienesque point about evil degrading the evildoer--but really, that only applies to Pettigrew and Voldemort at the very end.

Hermione's attitude to her parents, culminating in the mindwipe, makes my blood boil. I can only deal with it by making fun of it and reminding myself how utterly dumb the worldbuilding is anyway. Thinking about it seriously tempts me to dwell with considerable pleasure on just how much that Cruciatus Bellatrix cast on her must have hurt, and that's not exactly a healthy attitude to take even to a fictional character.