Barty Jr. on Snape - Sirius on Barty Sr. - Male role models - Ward HP

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 37694

jc wrote:

>1)Did Barty Crouch, Jr. know that Snape was
permanently off of V's 
>team?  If so, is he the one informing V about who the
trio are, or is 
>he staying quiet about it to fit in with the role. 
Also, if he 
>DIDN'T know, why didn't he try to recruit Snape?

Hmmm . . . this whole cluster of questions really
intrigues me.  Just how much Voldemort and others know
about Snape's true loyalties is rather a key question.

If Barty *did* want to recruit Snape, he would have a
problem.  How would he approach him without revealing
his own loyalties?  Mad-Eye Moody can't sidle up to
Snape and say "nudge nudge, you still a DE?"  If he's
at all hopeful that Snape's heart is still with V, all
he can do is try to feel him out.

Rita wrote:

>> Remember Sirius's comment about looking at how a
man treats his 
> subordinates to understand what he's really like?

>I remain alarmed that JKR put that remark into
Sirius's mouth in a 
>chapter in which pretty much all else Sirius said
turned out to be 
>pretty much wrong. Is she trying to cast doubt on
that truism?

Nah, I don't think so, because it's a different kind
of remark.  Many of Sirius's theories end up being
wrong, whether in that chapter or elsewhere (e.g.
Karkaroff is not trying to kill Harry as Sirius fears
in chapter 19), but in that he's just like everyone
else who's trying to figure this stuff out (e.g.
Dumbledore, the Trio).  It doesn't call into question
his judgment of character nor his general approach to
human nature.

Laura wrote:

>Whenever I think of someone who is teaching Harry to
open up to 
>his emotions, it's Hagrid. 

Two other men come to mind as well:  Lupin and Sirius.
 Lupin isn't terribly forthcoming with his emotions
(except for that hug of course), but something about
his receptivity draws Harry out.  Sirius's own
emotions are very close to the surface and Harry opens
up to him in ways he doesn't to anyone else.

Weaver panicked:

>Are you trying to imply that the Potterverse is NOT
REAL?  
>That it's just a figment of JKR's IMAGINATION???  You
must be crazy!  
>::anxious face:: It *is* real, right?  ...right?!?

<soothing voice>  Of course it's real.  Come on back
to the ward now.

Amy Z
who lives there too

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