Which Good Guy Might Crack? (WAS Weak vs. Unwilling, Fidelius, )

cindysphynx cindysphynx at home.com
Mon Feb 11 18:40:51 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 35024

Eileen wrote:

> The other likely candidate for breaking under pressure might be 
Percy. 
> My poor Percy. /me more identifies with Percy than any other 
character 
> in the story, and is also convinced he will end up dead. Even more 
> disturbing is that people seem to see the self-identification as a 
> problem, and try to talk me out of it. "Oh, no. You're not anything 
> like Percy, even if you do act a bit like it sometimes." 
> 

Hmmm.  Which good character is most likely to Crack?  I can't imagine 
Snape cracking, either.  Is there any evidence that Snape even feels 
pain?  He has this big knot on his head at the end of PoA, and all he 
cares about is winning a medal.  Nope, I can't see it.

Would Hagrid Crack?  Yep.  Of course.  In a New York minute.  A few 
weeks in Azkaban was about all Hagrid could handle.  So much for the 
idea that Good Guys Can't Crack.  Perhaps Good Guys are allowed to 
Crack if they are Sensitive and Lovable enough?

Sorry, C.R.A.B. fans, but I see Ron as susceptible to Cracking under 
sufficient pressure.  Harry will never Crack, and Hermione will never 
Crack, so I guess it has to be Ron.

Unfortunately, it seems that McGonagall might have been written to 
Crack at some critical moment.  She failed at one of her big jobs 
(standing watch over Crouch Jr.), and I have to wonder if this is 
supposed to suggest some form of yet-to-be-revealed weakness.

Cindy (who would Crack, but would cut a really good deal first)





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