Why did Barty Crouch Jr join Voldemort?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 189745


> Nikkalmati wrote:
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> > I do think Barty Sr loved his son, but he neglected him. <snip>
> 
> Carol responds:
> We have only Sirius's word that he neglected him because, IIRC, he loved his wife more than his son, and, as Potioncat pointed out, Sirius is wrong on almost all counts in that discussion (and he has, understandably, no love for Barty Sr.!). Certainly, Crouch Sr. was obsessed with his job and ridding the WW of Death Eaters by whatever means, but we see in "The Madness of Mr. Crouch" when he's talking to Percy (knowing who Percy is at that point but mistaking the decade)that he's proud of his son, who has just earned twelve OWLs.

Pippin:
It's Barty's own words that he felt unloved. "My mother saved me. She knew she was dying. She persuaded my father to rescue me as a last favor to her. He loved her as he had never loved me."

There's an echo here of the Snape, Lily, Harry dynamic. Snape had no sympathy for Harry, but saved him because of his feelings for Lily.

Pippin