#deranged unhinged men who just manipulate their team and also have daddy issues and also manipulate the ever loving grief out of their

[katierosefun]

me, seeing a controlling freak of a man but he’s a fictional character: there’s something insanely wrong with you but i’m going to study you. i am going to psychoanalyze you and shake you around like a soda can just to watch you explode. i love you because to an extent, i do understand your rage and your grief and your ghosts. i will also be the first one in line to tell you that your suffering does not make you worthy and your manipulation does not make you some genius mastermind, it just makes you sad and hollow. but i will take the time to understand you because don’t we all want to be seen

me, seeing a controlling freak of a man but he’s a real person: don’t fucking look at me don’t fucking talk to me don’t even fucking breathe in my direction

#caroline talks #this is me screeching to my friend about. masters of sex btw #michael sheen only got nominated for an emmy for this show i think #which blows my mind bc he should be getting all the awards for this show like WHAT the hell #jumping straight from nate ford of leverage to bill masters of masters of sex . . . #deranged unhinged men who just manipulate their team and also have daddy issues and also manipulate the ever loving grief out of their #work partner is so. like. man what the hell!!! #and YET…and yet there is some form of love there…there is genuine compassion there and there is a genuine want to do good #in the only way that makes sense to either of them #only. i think Nate ford is easier to love. bill masters is………frustrating but when he’s human it’s. so much. #i want them to beat each other up so bad too—nate ford who can break fingers without blinking #vs bill masters who learned how to box so he could fend himself from his asshole dad #they are also both sooo pathetic all they do is shove people away from themselves #and then come crawling back to their partners and BEG them to come back #and they’re so. fascinating to me for that. #but also i know for a fact if any man or frankly any person #was that much of an asshole i’d probably kick their teeth in

[bitchtricks]

BELLATRIX LESTRANGE is A DEATH EATER in the war, even though HER official job is as AN OBLIVIATOR. the TWENTY EIGHT year old PUREBLOOD is known to be ASSERTIVE and QUICK WITTED but also SADISTIC and HOT HEADED. some might label them as THE HELLFIRE. fc: olivia munn 

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ANTHEMS:

HELLFIRE - BARNS COURTNEY // CALL ME DEVIL - FRIENDS IN TOKYO // DANGEROUS - MISS LI // HORNS - BRYCE FOX // WILD FIRE - DOROTHY // EVIL WAYS - BLUES SARACENO // WICKED GAMES - THE HOT DAMNS.

BACKGROUND / FAMILY:

Bellatrix Black came crashing into the world on the night before Christmas Eve. She wasn’t due for another four weeks, so her birth was a mostly unwelcome surprise --- but she was also the first child of Cygnus and Druella to carry on the Black legacy, which was an honor. A necessity.

After her birth, her father never really hid his disappointment --- it was no secret that a daughter was not what he had hoped for. He was an old fashioned man, and had prayed for a strong son, to bring glory to the family name. Bellatrix, small in size and eerily quiet as a baby, was far from that.

She became strong fast, because she had to be. The tiny infant who could barely muster a scream seemed like a faint memory, and was soon replaced by a mean toddler.

As a child, Bella was vicious. Biting, clawing, screaming and cursing were things she picked up fast, and she’d terrorize the other kids at the playground ( with an almost scary aim for her muggle born / half blood peers ). But she never hurt her sisters, and instead came to protect them.

Once she reached the age of six, she calmed down a bit, and instead started following her father around ( and was lovingly referred to as his ‘little shadow’ ). Eager to prove herself, she learned everything that a son of Cygnus would have learnt. She was determined to show her father that being a girl would not stop her from becoming worthy of the Black throne, to carry his name with pride. Over the years of her childhood and adolescence, Bellatrix forged herself into the golden girl, a respectable heir in the making. Desperate to wear the crown.

Most of her childhood was characterized by harsh words, strict rules and high expectations. Her family’s reputation weighed heavy on her shoulders, constantly pressuring her to excel. Luckily, she shared her parents’ ambition and values, and had no problems conforming to their rule. Which also meant that she could get away with much else.

She was close with her sisters, and even as a young girl, she would have gone to war for the both of them. She still would, for Narcissa.

HOGWARTS YEARS.

Bellatrix had been duly prepped before arriving at Hogwarts. She was the first of their children to walk the halls, so it was important to both Druella and Cygnus that Bellatrix knew how to behave. Who to fraternize with. Who to avoid. Who was worthy of her time. Her parents had also made sure that she already had the appropriate friends --- and play dates with other pureblood kids were a common occurrence when Bellatrix was younger.

During her Hogwarts years, she kept out of trouble. For the most part. Her problems with impulse control and uncontrollable rage got her into some fights. She was also known for mocking ( and occasionally jinxing ) muggle born kids. But mostly she kept to her fellow Slytherins, biding her time.

Took the following electives while at Hogwarts: alchemy, care of magical creatures, study of ancient runes.

Was in the charms club, the potions club and the dueling club. 

She was a beater for the Slytherin team during her time at the school, and was notorious for her cruel playing style and foul tricks. In her opinion, playing dirty was just part of the game though, so....

During her sixth year at the school, Bellatrix was recruited into the Death Eaters. With them, she found a second home.

AFTER HOGWARTS.

After graduating from Hogwarts, Bellatrix took a year off from her studies. The official reason was that she needed to “find herself”. Whatever the fuck that meant. Obviously, it was a lie to hide what she was really up to. In reality, Bellatrix was at Voldemort’s side, learning leglilimency and occlumency, all the while developing her dark magic and her shitty personality.

At the age of nineteen, Bellatrix found work as an obliviator. Though the choice had ultimately been hers to make, the dark lord was always whispering in her ear, encouraging her to infiltrate the ministry. The goal was to have sleeper agents of death eaters in every department once it was time to go to war. It also helped that becoming an oblivator just made sense --- fucking with the minds of muggles could already be counted as a hobby (albeit a twisted one), and she had always been good at taking things that didn’t belong to her... Memories would be no different.

At the age of twenty two, Bellatrix married Rodolophus Lestrange, and secured a worthy pureblood union for her legacy. 

Among the Death Eaters, Bellatrix is in the inner circle. She considers herself the dark lord’s right hand, and prides herself on being his most loyal servant.

AS A PERSON.

Bellatrix is a fucking shit show. She is deranged, a little bit unhinged, impulsive, angry as hell, childish, ruthless, playful, arrogant and lethal ( and she barely has a moral compass to speak of ). But she’s also calculating, focused, quick on her feet, protective, fiercely loyal, assertive and intuitive. Bella often contradicts herself --- she has grown up believing that it’s best to be cold and devoid of emotions, but she’s a highly emotional person by nature. She tries to suppress that as best as she can, but she usually boils over pretty fast. Other emotions are usually translated into anger as well, so that’s fun. I think the best way to describe her is that she’s just fire, always burning cold.

Most people probably suspect that Bellatrix is a death eater, because she’s not exactly subtle about it. She won’t outright SAY it, but she enjoys a game of cat and mouse, and will heavily imply... stuff. Especially to the aurors, who are her favorite people to taunt. 

Doesn’t have the most finesse. I like thinking of her as the Hammer™. Gets shit done, but not in the most Delicate or Intricate way. Intensely focused, and can control herself when needed, but she usually finds that it’s not.

STYLE / FASHION / APPEARANCE.

Bellatrix has jet black eyes ( resembling the pits of hell ) and the hair to match. It falls in messy curls over her shoulders, and she doesn’t bother with it ( and doesn’t cut it either tbh, so it’s very long ). 

Usually wears dark red lipstick ( to hide her sins && match the blood of enemies ).

Dresses mostly in black. Has to wear clothes that can fit into the muggle world while at work ( since she is often out in the field, interacting with muggles ). While there, she wears a well worn leather jacket ( with shoulder pads, in true 70s style ), and wide, black pants.

Files her nails into long claws, and paints them black.

Is tall.

CHARACTER INFLUENCES.

jamie moriarty ( elementary ) - so diabolical. so clever. so manipulative. the voice. the plans. the lethality. the determination. the curiosity.

glory / glorificus ( btvs ) - the insanity. the instability. the arrogance. the violence. the childlike temper.

villanelle ( killing eve ) - the brutality. the psychopathy. the immaturity. the quips. the game of cat and mouse. 

jennifer blake ( teen wolf ) - absolutely psychotic. the vindictiveness. always plotting. the ruthlessness. the righteousness. the ambition. never giving up.

klaus mikaelson ( tvd ) - the anger issues. the sadism. the coldness.

kilgrave ( jessica jones ) - the creativity. the multitude forms of torture. the brutality. the immaturity. the childlikeness. the sociopathy.

lilith ( supernatural ) - the childishness. the coldness. the playfulness.

drusilla ( btvs ) - the lunacy. the mind games. the viciousness. the erraticness.

cersei lannister ( got ) - the queen. the petty mindgames. the cruelty. the violence. the thirst for power.

helena ( orphan black ) - the fanatic. the determination. some of the mannerisms. the psychoticness.

faith lehane ( btvs ) - instability right below the surface. twists and turns. a little unhinged. easy to anger. likes violence.

mazikeen ( lucifer ) - the violence. the cruelty. the torture. the being a demon thing. the sadism. the confidence. the sarcasm. the class.

FAVORITE CHARACTER TROPES.

SLASHER SMILE - a smile in anticipation of pain or death // a cheshire cat grin.

THE DRAGON - a monster the hero has to get past to get at the big bad. the top enforcer.

TORTURE TECHNICIAN -  takes the heroes and turn them into screaming, shinned shambles. 

LADY MACBETH - frequently more crazy than her husband, quite the sociopath, in the business of turning men towards evil.

AX CRAZY - psychologically unstable, capable of extreme violence, known for insane laughter.

EVIL WEARS BLACK - duh.

THE BARONESS - a female baddie with a chilly disposition and more than a touch of the dominatrix about her.

WICKED CULTURED - evil is intellectual // basically an evil aristocrat.

THE CHESSMASTER - thinking three moves ahead at all times. manipulating, planning, plotting.

DADDY’S LITTLE VILLAIN - shares evil father’s ambitions and cruelty.

BERSERK BUTTON - always ready to fucking snap.

SOFT SPOKEN SADIST - occasionally. a monster who might describe just how horribly she's going to mangle you, while speaking in a voice that's anything but monstrous.

DARK ACTION GIRL - likes beating the hero to a bloody pulp. good at it too.

AMBITION IS EVIL - has grand plans. ends justify the means, always.

#maraudrshq:intros