[HPforGrownups] Re: Brty Crouch Jr. (was More thoughts on the Cloak)

[Cassy Ferris]

No: HPFGUIDX 158884


--- justcarol67 <justcarol67 at yahoo.com> wrote:

<big snip>
> we
> have Barty Sr.
> talking to "Weatherby" when the Imperius Curse is
> wearing off saying
> that he and his wife plan to celebrate his son's
> twelve OWLs by having
> dinner with the Fudges. That sounds to me like the
> memory of a real
> event and not at all the attitude of a father who
> didn't love his son.
> As for Sirius Black's speculation that Barty Sr.
> didn't spend enough
> time with his son and paid the penalty, that's pure
> speculation from a
> witness who has reason to view Barty Sr. less than
> charitably.

<snip>

Cassy:

Sorry for snipping the post so heavily, it's just I
wanted to talk about the father, not the son. Barty
Sr. plans to celebrate his son's exam results with the
prominent wizarding family, the one of future Minister
for Magic. He might as well want to use his son's
academic achievements as a ground to show off, to win
some political points and to please his vanily. It's a
bit like having a label "my son goes to Harvard" on a
bamper. Also a way to improve one's image - "I brought
up such a clever student". Note, that Crouch Sr.
doesn't mention that the hero of the occasion would
actually take part in this event. He doesn't celebrate
by spending time with his boy. 

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