Hmm -- have just looked it over and realised that Crouch was cut off in making his pronouncement -- so presumably Alice's murder was next on the list. But if they are both Aurors, and hence were both presumably being tortured for the same reason, then why did JKR not say 'the Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom' -- I mean, according to courtroom protocol, charges are probably read out separately, but JKR, even with literary licence, only saw fit to mention Frank -- which is so odd, because the Neville/Harry parallel depends so much on both of them being orphaned, both having parents who defied Voldemort, &c.
So it's just weird that Frank seems to given the emphasis in this chapter. Then again, the books overflow with daddy issues, so....
(also, in my comment above, I meant to say a figment of fanon)
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Date: 2006-01-31 04:50 am (UTC)So it's just weird that Frank seems to given the emphasis in this chapter. Then again, the books overflow with daddy issues, so....
(also, in my comment above, I meant to say a figment of fanon)