Crouch - Dead Sexy? or Borderline Personality

[lucky_kari <lucky_kari@yahoo.ca>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, wynnde1 at a... wrote:
>First of all - I thought the trilogy squared was FANTASTIC! And I am
prepared 
> to hop on board with Elkins, right down to the Crouch/Winky ship. I
have some 
> other thoughts on those messages, but will save those for a TBAY I
plan to 
> write in the next day or two. 

<looks a little hurt> Don't hop aboard completely with her. I have a
canon that's going to blow her out of the water on one particular
point and do a bit of damage to the Crouch/Winky ship as well (though
my arguing against Crouch/Winky is going to be hopelessly cognitively
dissonant, since I brought it up in the first place on the list, but I
have two canons to man against it.) 

Oh yeah, I can see your skeptical faces. Look, I've been playing to
lose so far, trying to salvage what's left of Crouch's reputation, but
from Post Six onward, I'm going on the offensive. 
 
Or at least that's what I've told myself. I'm not sure if deep down I
believe it. Did I mention I identify with Crouch Sr.?

> Same with Rookwood. Oh. Wait a minute. Nevermind. Really can't say
much about 
> Rookwood at all. I really think he's dead sexy just because I'm very 
> susceptible to suggestion about these sorts of things. And I am really 
> thrilled with my new thong. (Thanks, Cindy). <G>

Actually, I'm willing to stake anything that Rookwood was much more
disconnected from reality that Crouch was. Cognitive dissonance and
all that. He was living a very double life, and I've always pictured
him as being rather like people in real life who did the same thing.
In fact, I've been planning to write an essay on my vision of Rookwood
after I've finished with the Crouches, which may not be a long time,
based off Malcom Muggeridge's observation of double agents during
World War II. I think he was a hypocrite, hopelessly conflicted, out
of touch with reality, and not some great loyal follower of Voldemort.
(And I'm going to steal Elkins's stuff about the Ministry plotline
motifs to argue this, as well as an interesting little canon I've
found in GoF.)

A little extreme response to a character with only a name and two
mentions? Well, that's what it's all about on the Bay! 

Yes, I do find him sexy. In fact, I was the first person to come out
and say it, though Cindy had methinks been hinting at it for months.
But then I like this sort of thing obviously. 

>And it's why I really doubt that Crouch's 
> redemption scene was really a true redemption. 

Wait a second! Even Elkins doesn't believe that. <cowers before Wendy>
That's extreme! I'll restrain myself from waxing eloquent about the
redemption scene because I'll be doing that in Post 7. 

>I prefer honesty to this total 
> disconnect from reality. Which is why I think Lucius is WAY sexier than 
> Crouch.

This might be it then, because I actually have always preferred
disconnection from reality to honesty when it comes to the
not-so-upright characters. With a few exceptions. Connected to reality
manipulative sadists can win me over, just not Crouch Jr. because the
boy is just *not* sexy imho (and not really connected to reality
either, family trait). He's pathetic. On the other hand, Edmund in
King Lear is to die for. 

That might explain why I've never ever skipped a heartbeat over
Malfoy.  He's too connected to reality, and he's not enough of a
manipulative sadist. 

> As for Rookwood, well, he did get great Quidditch tickets, after all 
> (forgot who thought of that one, but I thought it was a superb >point). 

So did I. As I said, it sounds like we're on to a good thing here.
<sighs over Rookwood>
 
Eileen