[HPforGrownups] Re: Crouch Sr., Fudge

[S. G.]

No: HPFGUIDX 22354


> > Barb wrote:

>Perhaps I was seeing this through Harry's eyes when he was in
>Dumbledore's Pensieve.  At the time, he seemed to be under the
>impression that Crouch, Jr. was innocent (wrong place at wrong time)
>and that his father was merely coming after him to not seem biased,
>so that folks knew he could get the job done even when it was his own
>son who was brought up on charges of being a Death Eater.  That was
>his public face, of course; behind the scenes, he helped his son and
>wife pull that swap that resulted in GoF.  So yeah, I'll concede it
>was good that he was discredited; but did he pull the switch after he
>was discredited, and did that in fact lead to his being motivated to
>do it out of a kind of spite?  If only JKR would tell us...

But don't forget that Crouch Sr was only pulling the swap while he had 
Crouch Jr under the Imperius curse. And he was then put under the Imperius 
Curse when Crouch Jr went back to Voldy, but fought it off to eventually 
come to Hogwarts to tell Dumbledore.

I don't think he was *that* bad--he just underestimated the potential for 
disaster in bringing his son home to appease his dying wife. And a dying 
spouse is pretty powerful--I can't imagine denying the last wish of your 
closest loved one.


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