the Crouch Family

[judyserenity]

No: HPFGUIDX 34842

Ok, a while ago, the discussion on this thread concerned Crouch Sr. 
helping Crouch Jr. get out fo Azkaban.  It was pointed out that after 
his rescue, Crouch Jr. spent 12 or so years in hiding, under the 
Imperiatus Curse, with no one but Winky to talk to.  Some people (I 
forget who) said it seemed like his dad hadn't done him any favors and 
maybe Crouch Jr. would have been better off just dying in Azkaban.  It 
was also pointed out that Crouch Sr. never seemed to love his son, and 
perhaps didn't care if Junior suffered or not.

I think we should cut Crouch Sr. a break.  At the time he rescued 
his son, he didn't know that Junior was going to obsessively search 
for a way to return Voldemort to power.  Perhaps Crouch Sr. thought 
that Junior had just fallen in with a bad crowd.  Maybe he thought 
that Junior would be able to start his life over again, in another 
country. (Perhaps Junior inherited his father's amazing ability with 
languages -- it said in the books that Crouch Sr. spoke over 150 
languages.)   But, when Junior showed his undying devotion to the Dark 
Lord, his dad had no choice but to put him under Imperio to keep him 
from helping Voldemort. 

Also, Junior said his dad rescued him out of love for Mrs. Crouch, who 
*did* her son.  So, Crouch Sr.'s rescue of his son was done out of 
love (albeit love of his wife, not son), rather than out of a desire 
to prolong his son's suffering.