Filch and Crouch

[maria_kirilenko]

No: HPFGUIDX 57940

Haven't noticed this anywhere in the archives...

Filch's eye are described as "bulging" several times. For example:

"He ripped back the tapestry below, and Harry saw his horrible,
pouchy face and bulging, pale eyes staring up the dark and (to Filch)
deserted staircase." (GoF, The Egg and the Eye)

There are other places where this description can be found. 

Now, as we all know, Crouch Sr.'s eyes bulge whenever he is, er, 
excited. Crouch Jr.'s eye bulges in the end of GoF: "Moody's normal 
eye was bulging." We can assume this runs in the family, then. 

I propose that Filch is related to the Crouches. Say, he is Crouch 
Sr.'s brother. Or cousin. He was thrown out of the family when his 
relatives realized that he was a Squib. Crouch, OTOH, happily 
attended Hogwarts, hence Filch's resentment of wizards.

Discuss.

Maria Alena