It's kind of interesting to speculate about just when Barty became so loyal, if his behavior at the trial wasn't an act. He explicitly talks of Voldemort as a substitute father, and says both he and Voldemort had fathers unworthy of them. He says Crouch didn't love him as much as he loved his mother and I think he says he wanted to return to Voldemort all the time.
So it's possible he really was always very loyal and acting at the trial, and that only Crouch Sr. knew it, or that he grew to hate his father even more after he threw him in Azkaban and clung to his DE loyalty to hold on to his sanity much as Sirius clung to wanting to get revenge on Peter. (Revenge is a good way to fight off depression!)
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Date: 2006-02-01 03:37 pm (UTC)So it's possible he really was always very loyal and acting at the trial, and that only Crouch Sr. knew it, or that he grew to hate his father even more after he threw him in Azkaban and clung to his DE loyalty to hold on to his sanity much as Sirius clung to wanting to get revenge on Peter. (Revenge is a good way to fight off depression!)