Dumbledore/Next Headmaster, Crouch sr

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No: HPFGUIDX 22394

Marie Antoinette wrote:
<Dumbledore is bound to pick McGonagall-we'd know if Snape was a 
<deputy headmaster as well.  Besides, McGonagall is older and has 
<more experiance it would only be fair, which I am sure Snape sees.
<I am beginning to think that everyone on this list hates 
<Snape...it's rather disturbing to me.  I love him, not because I 
<have this vision of him being really sexy or anything (although Alan 
<Rickman *has* caught my eye...) but because he doesn't take any crap 
<from anyone, and just seems like a very strong person, and I love 
<his phsyche, for some reason.

Porkmaster wrote:
<Well, I know McGonagall's official title is Deputy Headmistress 
<(SS/PS ch. 4) - is Snape also a Deputy Headmaster? I thought he was 
<just the Potions Master, but I could be wrong. Somehow I don't think 
<JKR is going to give Snape THAT much power over the Gryffindors, 
<though - at least, not for long. I don't see him replacing 
<Dumbledore permanently.

Lots of thoughts about this:
1) It is quite clear from the books (do I begin to sound like 
Steve??) that the Headmaster isn't chosen by his predecessor, but by 
the board of governors, whom we have seen heavily influenced (because 
threatened) by Lucius in CoS. Even the MoM can't put in his veto, 
which he would have liked to do in CoS, but wouldn't even try any 
more after the "parting of the ways". So: If Snape can convince 
Voldemort+DEs that he is a double agent *for* their side, chosing him 
would be a very logical move and not too difficult to impose on the 
board of Governors. 
2) The deputy Headmaster is there to replace the Headmaster 
temporarily, but he/she doesn't automatically become Headmaster when 
he dies or retires.
3) I truly like McGonagall, she is also a very good Head of 
Gryffindor, but IMHO she simply doesn't have the qualities of 
leadership a headmaster of Hogwarts *must* have in the difficult 
times to come.
4) Marie Antoinette, once and for all: There are lots of Snape-lovers 
out there, me among them, and I have to confess that he's becoming my 
favourite character in the book, because he surely is the most 
complex and so very fascinating because of the mix of intelligence, 
immaturity,maturity, generosity, envy, hate etc.etc.


Jenny from ravenclaw wrote:
<It's interesting that you think that because I thought Crouch Sr. 
<was awful.  I disliked right away him for not even making an effort 
<to know Percy's name.  Percy was working his little tuchas off to 
<impress him and Crouch was cold and distant.  Percy is also the son 
<of someone Crouch has been working with for years.  Yuck for Crouch.
<I also thought it was inexcusable for him to use an Unforgivable 
<Curse on his own son (or on anyone, for that matter).  Here Crouch 
<is,claiming to be fighting Dark Wizards and being a champion of 
<following rules, yet he goes home and keeps his son (who was 
<supposed to be in jail) under the Imperius curse?  Nasty.  And 
<allowing Aurors to kill supposed Dark Wizards upon arrest?  
<Deplorable.
<I don't recall Crouch rushing to his wife's aid when she fainted at 
<their son's trial.  Let me tell you - if my boyfriend passed out for 
<any reason, I'd be at his side before he hit the ground.  I didn't 
<see Crouch as granting the wish of his closest loved one, I saw him 
<as doing something self-serving.  I'm not sure what - perhaps he was 
<afraid his son would escape from Azkaban or perhaps he felt guilty 
<for placing his son there to begin with.  Either way, Crouch Jr 
<hated his father, and people generally don't hate their parents for 
<no reason. 

This calls for a forbidden "me too!!" one-liner. Anyway, I think the 
reason why Barty jr. hates his father is told by himself when he 
declares that his father "had loved his mother as he never loved 
him". Crouch sr. is depicted as so obsessed by power, rules, law and 
order that he could hardly be sympathetic. The cherry on the cake is 
certainly his behaviour to his wife during the trial. I found that 
awful beyond expression.

Susanna (who should really get off to work now!)