OVERANALYZING THE TEXT

I wrote:

Karkaroff is, IMO, quite possibly Rowling's least sympathetic character to date. Just about the only nice thing I can think to say about him is that he did, at least, seem to suffer from a brief moment of inner turmoil right before he fingered Snape to the ministry. That's about it, really.

Eileen wrote:

Hmmmm.... and I read that as. "Let me think. What else have I got? Is it time to play the Snape card?" I don't think he had even a BRIEF moment of inner turmoil.

::laughs:: You're probably right.

Although wouldn't you think that the guy in the Department of Mysteries (Rookwood? Was that his name?) would have been his real ace in the hole, rather than young Snape? I mean, a mole in the Department of Mysteries? Wow. That's good. Hard to trump that, really. I doubt that he was holding back Snape's name for any strategic reasons.

But you're probably right that he wasn't really conflicted there at all, just desperately ransacking his his mind for any other names that might help his cause.

I just thought I'd give him the benefit of the doubt, seeing as how I was trying to think of something nice to say about the man. You know what I am. Always extending the benefit of the doubt to the dregs of society. ;)

—Elkins