TBAY: The Evil That is Crouch Sr.

[Eileen]

No: HPFGUIDX 57802

"What's this?" cries Eileen, suddenly jumping out of
nowhere. "People calling my Barty evil?"

"But he is," says Cindy.

"No. He. Is. Not." says Eileen. "He's just misguided!
And tragic!"

"And dead sexy," mutters Cindy. 

"But I think he's evil," says Becky, standing her
ground. 

"That, Becky, is entirely unsupported by the text!"
cries Eileen. "Barty Crouch Sr. is a good guy!"

"I would classify Crouch Senior as being basically an
evil person inhis extreme cruelty," says Becky
stubbornly. 

"But I don't see  that Crouch Sr. showed any rejoicing
over the agony and humiliation of the people he sent
to Azkaban," says Pippin.

Eileen looks at Pippin funnily. "Really?" she says.
"You don't?"

"No," says Pippin. 

"Ummm... ok," says Eileen. "I know I've been rather
infamous on the list for Crouch apologetics, but I
swear I'd never have dreamed of saying that Crouch
wasn't enjoying those first two Pensieve scenes, and
although personally distraught in the third, taking
some bent pleasure out of the proceedings."

Becky looks at Eileen mystified.

"Here, let me explain Eileen," says Cindy to Becky.
"She's all bark and no bite when it comes to Crouch
Sr. She comes running into defend him and usually ends
up undermining him." 

"I mean, he seemed to me to enjoy making Karkaroff
feel he was going back to Azkaban, even though he
intended to release him. And he perhaps overstepped
the bounds of prudence in the Bagman scene, to the
point where he was actually booed by the crowd, to
harass befuddled Ludo Bagman. No, I think he very much
enjoyed what he was doing."

"And even in the scene with his son?"

"'Let them rot there!' Oh, he's in top dramatic form.
While he may be suffering badly, he's not exactly
letting that get in the way of his participation in
the scene. Let's face it. Barty Crouch Sr. liked
intimidating people."

"And he was evil!" says Becky. 

"Well, maybe," says Eileen. "But he's got a really
cool redemption scene."

Eileen

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