Lifedebts (WAS: Agency in the Shrieking Shack)

[Risti <pretty_feet51@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52214

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Eileen <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:
> Well then, Barty Crouch Jr. was certainly in debt to
> his father. And, he decided to flout that life-debt by
> killing his father. 

You make some very good points if indeed Bary Crouch Jr. was in debt 
to his Father, but I would disagree that he is.  Azkaban, as horrible 
as it is, is not death.  If saving a person from going to Azkaban, or 
even recieving a Dementor's kiss caused a life debt, then Hagrid 
would have a debt to Harry and Ron, since it was their efforts that 
rescued him from Azkaban.  Also, Sirius Black would be indebted to 
Harry in that regard, something that Dumbledore really mentions.  And 
in fact, If Crouch Jr. owes his rescue from Azkaban to anyone, it 
would be his Mother rather then his Father.  After all, it was his 
mother who in essence gave up her own life for his.

~Risti