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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