Bullying WAS: Re: Prodigal Sons

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 141069

>Vivian wrote: 
> I'm rereading GoF right now and it's apparent that Crouch Jr. is the
> only person in the HP series that realizes what Snape is. Crouch Jr.
> knows that Snape is OFH. His interactions with Snape make that very 
> apparent to me. Read the scene on the staircase again with
> this in mind. Barty Jr. is threatening Snape on the stairs. He 
> secretly knows that Snape is not loyal to any side, and he lets Snape 
> know it. I love how Snape backs down and goes to his room with his 
> tail between his legs...HAHA
> 
> (BTW the attitude Crouch Jr. has towards Snape and Draco makes it
> very apparent to me that he sees them as two peas in a pod.)


Potioncat:
Had it been the real Moody on the stairs, covering for Harry and 
shooing Snape away, it would have been one thing. Had it been an over 
zealous Professor Moody bouncing ferret Draco on the steps, it would 
have been hilarious. (In fact, I have to admit, on first read it was.)

But once you realize "who" it is and what he's up to, it isn't 
satisfying at all...at least not to me. 

I'm not sure Crouch sees Snape as OFH so much as someone who didn't 
suffer. Barty's point isn't to let Snape know about OFH!, it's to get 
Snape away so that Crouch can continue in his plot to kill Harry.

And it isn't funny that Draco was bounced around, not for his attack on 
Harry, but because his Dad went free. (Darnit! That really spoils the 
fun!)

What do you think? (on to a side topic here.) did C!M cast a spell to 
turn Draco into a ferret? Or did he cast a spell to turn Draco into the 
animal he is most like? Draco is described in ferret-like terms through 
out the books.