Where is Crouch Jr?

[Grace Saalsaa]

No: HPFGUIDX 48392

So where is Barty Crouch Jr?  Last mention of him, he's in what should have been Mad Eye Moody's office,  having just had his soul sucked out of him.  I don't recall Lupin saying what becomes of such a person after the fact.  They just exist.  How?  Like a zombie?  Like a vegetable?  Like a very retarded person?  Or like a very soulless and evil wizard? 

Hm.. without a soul, I'm wondering if that makes him more dangerous.  With no moral conscience, what does he have to lose?  Without a soul, does this make him more like a psychopath...

If the WW feel responsible for such a soulless creature, evil as he is, would they put him in Azkaban - and if so, what "enjoyment" would a Dementor have with him. Without a soul, I would think that he has no happy or unhappy thoughts, and he wouldn't provide any kind of meal for a Dementor.    If being soulless is a dangerous thing, then putting him there with the Dementors whom V oldemort is most likely to try and reconnect with, then this would be a bad idea.

Or, if Crouch Jr. is more like a person who needs to be hospitalized, then he would probably end up at St. Mungo's with the Longbottoms.  Hm... I can picture that.  A dawning realization on the part of the Longbottoms when they see Crouch Jr.  - or when Neville and his Gram comes to visit.

Seemingly, however, Crouch Jr. has inherited the family fortune and could live with a hired nurse to care for him.  Who would manage his estate then...

Grace


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