Here's something I've been wondering about... Crouch only mentions "an Auror, Frank Longbottom" in his accusation. But he doesn't mention Alice. And later in this chapter, I think, Dumbledore tells Neville's secret: "His father, Frank, was an Auror, and he and his wife were tortured..." These bits make me wonder if it's a figment of my imagination (or else a figment of canon) that I (and the Lexicon, apparently) think Alice was also an Auror.
Because, elsewhere in canon, doesn't Mrs Longbottom say that they were both Aurors? I can't tell if I am missing something or if JKR herself isn't quite sure.
I won't go so far as to say JKR is sexist/patriarch..al..ist (no, I don't know what I mean, either) but I will allow that father issues do tend to pop up rather often in the books. Between that and her general wobbliness on details, it probably doesn't do to think too hard on this discrepancy.
As for the courtroom scene, if Alice wasn't an Auror, I can understand her death rating slightly less than Frank's -- there being an extra bit of outrage over cop-killings -- but still, her murder wouldn't be left off the charge altogether...?
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Date: 2006-01-31 04:41 am (UTC)Because, elsewhere in canon, doesn't Mrs Longbottom say that they were both Aurors? I can't tell if I am missing something or if JKR herself isn't quite sure.
I won't go so far as to say JKR is sexist/patriarch..al..ist (no, I don't know what I mean, either) but I will allow that father issues do tend to pop up rather often in the books. Between that and her general wobbliness on details, it probably doesn't do to think too hard on this discrepancy.
As for the courtroom scene, if Alice wasn't an Auror, I can understand her death rating slightly less than Frank's -- there being an extra bit of outrage over cop-killings -- but still, her murder wouldn't be left off the charge altogether...?