User blog comment:Rachel6598/Hermione and Bellatrix: The Cruciatus Curse/@comment-4188976-20110722235811/@comment-65.29.38.151-20110801154439

Yeah, I agree. In the book she did the cruciatus curse for sure because we hear her yell "crucio," but Hermione is already screaming before she used the curse, so Bellatrix could have cut "mudblood" with the knife first. The book doesn't go into specifics, so we can assume whatever we want. I think it's terrible that Bellatrix likes torturing people so much. I think that makes her worse than Voldemort because she tortures you AND kills you, but Voldemort just wants to kill you. <3 Hermione!!!