>>What really happened to Ariana Dumbledore? One theory I
>heard
>>was that she was raped and that's why she wouldn't or
>couldn't
>>control her magic.
>
>She got the shit beat out of her for being "different" and
>acting funny. Did she really have to get raped?
>

No, I just thought that J.K. was just alluding to it without stating it outright because it was a kids' book. I thought I was too thick to notice it, but great that she wasn't implying that.