Barty Crouch, Jr?

Emily imamommy at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jul 2 04:31:55 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 154738

> From Michael-
> 
> I wondered this too. Actually, I wonder if the Dementor actually 
kissed 
> Crouch. After all we never see it, but only hear about it. It 
could be that 
> some of the Dementors were on LV side already, so they could have 
just 
> pretended. Also, it might be possible for the Dementors to restore 
the soul 
> by re-kissing the victim.
> 
imamommy:

I will render my opinion, and attempt to tie it to canon so the 
elves don't get mad.
  I do think Crouch Jr. was kissed, because McGonagall seems to have 
a first-hand account.  
I think the dementors must be hard to control, or else why not have 
them invade Hogwarts with the DE's at the end of HBP?  Then they 
could just suck the souls out of whomever LV wanted them to.  I 
think they are probably used more in situations where he doesn't 
much care about what happens.  He wouldn't want a dementor running 
amok and kissing his DE's, when there are so few left.  I would 
guess the only way to keep a dementor doing your bidding is to keep 
it satiated with other people's souls and happiness.

Also, again just IMO, I think that once a dementor sucks your soul 
it's gone; I think it gets used as food or fuel or whatever.  I 
think I think this b/c of CS Lewis' book, "The Screwtape Letters."  
In it, the demons feed on the souls of those they are able to drag 
down to Hell.  

It's interesting to note that this is what terrifies Harry the most, 
as contrasted with LV's preoccupation with physical death.  
imamommy







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