[HPforGrownups] Re: Chapter 19

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 5926

Jinx wrote:

> OTOH, that comforting of Neville actually proves what a git Crouch Jr. is,
> if you think about it.

Well, I remember the phrase "It was the sort of thing Lupin would have done"
really stuck out to me on the first reading. JKR usually draws very clear
parallells and lets her readers draw their *own* conclusions; I recall thinking
that being told this in so many words was odd. It felt like manipulation. So I
figured there was something up with Moody, if she so clearly wanted us to be
sympathetic to him, although I was far from realizing what was *really* up.

And yes, in retrospect it shows how creepy Barty Jr. really is. A true Moonie,
totally devoted to one goal and completely uncaring what or who must be
destroyed or used to reach that goal. Ugh. His actions are perceived as good and
his core is bad; kind of an anti-Snape, whose actions are often cruel and whose
core and code has him allied with the good side.

--Amanda