[HPforGrownups] Re: JKR, Harry Potter, and the Nature of Evil

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 19830

catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk wrote:

> He says that he is Voldemort's most faithful servant and that he,
> personally, never dreamed of renouncing him.  I think that there is
> some very selective memories going on here.  IIRC, BCJ, when being
> sentenced by his father screams and pleads with him not to send him
> back to Azkaban, protests his innocence and says that he never had
> anything to do with torturing the Longbottoms.  This is in contrast
> to the Lestranges, who are truly faithful, and who accept their
> sentences and tell the court that the Dark Lord will rise again. They
> certainly do not renounce Voldemort.
>
> I admit that BCJ does help them try and find Voldemort after he has
> lost his powers, but he certainly denies his involvement.  Therefore,
> how can he say that he is Voldemort's most faithful servant?

Because he was LYING. He was reading the situation and playing for
sympathy, trying to get off the hook, so that he could then go and aid
his master. Why does anyone think Barty Crouch Jr. meant those words as
a renunciation of Voldemort? He was doing his damnedest to get himself
free so he could continue to serve. Voldemort knows about lying.
Voldemort seems to be a firm "any means to an end" man. He understands
Crouch Jr.'s motivation, applauds it. He condemns the motivations of
those who lied so they could go back to their own lives. Intent.

--Amanda


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