Zombie!Crouch?

[Barry Arrowsmith]

No: HPFGUIDX 116939

Browsing through old posts and I came across this one from meckelburg, 
No. 22615

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In GoF Barty Crouch said he had turned his fathers corpse into a bone 
before burying it. Why did he do that? When I read that, I thought of 
Voldemort using the "bone of the father" to get his body back.

Could this bone-incident with Barty be a hint from JKR about Barty's 
soul. Voldemort was not dead, he just lacked a body.
Barty isn't dead either, he only lacks his soul.
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Most posters haven't thought much about this little episode. It's 
generally accepted that young Bartimus turned his father into a bone 
because he'd be easier to dispose of that way. And any bone found 
buried outside Hagrid's hut would probably be regarded as one Fang had 
filed away for later consideration.

But thinking about it,  it does seem a bit more than coincidence that 
'bone of my father' should turn up twice in the same book - both of 
them hated, both murdered by their sons and both of the sons turning 
out to need a little refurbishment. It's also interesting that although 
Barty did the dirty deed before Voldy had his make-over in the 
graveyard, it wasn't revealed to us  until afterwards - just at a time 
when we were concentrating on other things - a very opportune moment 
for a sneaky JKR to slip a clue past our guard. Can't recall that 
anyone bothered to retrieve the bone, either.

What happened to B.Jnr after his snogging  session with a Dementor? 
Anyone know? Azkaban? St Mungo's? Fudge using him as a doorstop? 
Mannequin at Madam Malkin's?

If B.Jnr were reanimated what would he be? Closest I could come up with 
was that old favourite the zombie. Next question:
I thought these were raised from the dead? B.Jnr isn't dead, he just(!) 
lacks a soul. Time to hit the web. Seems that our perception of 
zombiedom has been greatly influenced by Hollywood, because I found an 
article that gives a different slant. (Can't provide a link, I'm 
afraid; the address contains a squiggle that doesn't exist on the Mac 
keyboard - or if it  does I can't find it. But your search engine will 
find it under "Zombies on the web")

"Haitian Zombies.
These are found in the voodoo (or voudou) tradition in Haiti. Their 
defining feature seems to be that they lack free will and perhaps a 
soul. Haitian zombies were once normal people, but underwent 
zombification by a "bokor" through spell or potion, and are afterwards 
used as slaves."

How interesting! They aren't the 'Living Dead' so beloved of late night 
movies, not in authentic voodoo anyway. But they are evil and they like 
to snack on brains. Now who do we know that's had brain trouble 
recently? Ah, yes. Ickle Ronnikins.

But I  do like that "lack....perhaps a soul." That's encouraging for 
those  that like a bit of mayhem in the books. Enough shuffle space for 
Jo to bring young Barty lurching back on stage as a free will deficient 
slave of  an evil master? What  fun!

Oh, just  another snippet - voodoo (as a religion) was based on the 
worship of a snake - a python, unfortunately, which doesn't match 
Nagini, but who cares if it turns out that we're going to be presented 
with Slytherin Old Home Week!

Kneasy
	

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