Does Viktor Krum become an important character?

[dcgmck]

No: HPFGUIDX 120000


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wrote:
> 
> Janet Anderson (snipped):
> 
[snip] So if we can trust Snape (and some of us can, while at the 
same time thinking he needs the occasional swift kick), then we 
should be able to give a seventeen-year-old boy the benefit of the 
doubt.
> 
> 
> Snow:
> 
> I would like to believe that Krum will be on the side of good but 
> Dumbledore's reaction in GOF leaves me a bit hesitant.
> 
> In the chapter, The Madness of Mr. Crouch, Harry has gone to tell 
> Dumbledore that Crouch is in the forest talking strangely:
> "Said he wants to warn you
said he's done something terrible
he 
> mentioned his son
and Bertha Jorkins
and-and Voldemort
something 
> about Voldemort getting stronger
"
> "Indeed," said Dumbledore, and he quickened his pace
"
> "He's not acting normally,"[
]I left him with Victor Krum."
>  "You did?" said Dumbledore sharply, and he began to take longer 
> strides still
" 
> 
> It appears, at least to me, that Dumbledore was not thrilled at the 
> prospect of leaving Krum alone in the woods with Crouch. 
> 
> Snow

dcgmck:
At first I wondered about DD's reaction, but then it dawned on me 
that there might have been just as much cause for concern over 
leaving a seventeen-year-old alone with a powerful wizard not fully 
in touch with reality. DD, after all, as headmaster of the school 
hosting the Triwizard Tournament, is responsible for the safety of 
all the contestants, not just his own students, and Crouch, Sr. has a 
history of spelling first and asking questions later when he believes 
he is confronting an enemy.