Barty Crouch Jr (was:Re: HBP Chapter discusiion Ch 12 : Silver and OPals)

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No: HPFGUIDX 149717

> >>D.A Jones:
> <snip>
> One flaw of JKR which is actually endearing is that when she        
> writes herself into a corner she often gets out of it by creating   
> a character (i.e Barty Crouch Jr is the worst example.)
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I like your thought that Leanne was probably Alicia Spinnet (see 
upthread) but I'm surprised by what you say about Barty Crouch, Jr.  I 
loved the back story to this character and I thought it was a good 
forshadowing of the fall of the house of Black.  I'm curious what you 
see about this character that makes him the "worst example" of... 
well, an empty or wasted character I guess.

I'm also curious as to what corner JKR wrote herself into that needed 
the Crouch family story to get out of it.

Betsy Hp