[HPforGrownups] Colin Crevy's Reign of Terror (was: Marauder parallels)

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 5286



managirl19 at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/5/2000 10:12:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> lrcjestes at msn.com writes:
>
> > Pettigrew is such a wormy guy, I would think Neville if anyone, although
> >  that would be an insult to Neville and as we found out more about Neville
> in
> >  GoF..it might be unbelievable as well.
>
> What about Colin Crevy? I was reading a fic where he turned out to have
> Vldemorts all evil powers transported to him... alright, that's not the pont,
> but it makes sense in a way. He hero worships Harry.. hmmm...

I can't remember whether it was that particular fic writer who was arguing on this
listserve that he/she was CONVINCED that Colin was going to go bad, or whether it
was someone else, but I know that theory has been floated before, and it just
baffles me.  Okay, conceivably if a whole string of events happens, beyond what
JKR has written, it could turn out that way: Harry violently tells Colin to get
lost AND throws the Goblet of Fire at his head, AND Colin happens to flunk all his
tests that term so he's in an uncharacteristically bad mood AND Colin swears
enternal revenge AND the Deatheater recruitment squad just happens to show up on
Colin's doorstep . . . ok, it's conceivable, if you want to set it out that way.
And, as the saying goes, I am the Queen of Romania.

I just don't see any support in the text for Colin to become chief of the evil
squad, any more than I see any support for the idea that Dumbledore might ditch
his academic career to try for a spot on the team as a discus thrower at the
Olympics.

At a certain point, what-ifs can be spun out so far that they bear no resemblance
to the characters the author originally created.

But I suppose that's what fan fiction is for.

Peg