#barty|character

Hearing the approaching feet of Regulus, Barty stuck his head out of the kitchen, and stopped in his tracks as it wasn’t Regulus he saw. Or more accurately, it looked like a younger-much younger version of Regulus. Taking a deep breath, Barty walked out of the kitchen properly to come closer to the panicking child. First goal: calm him down, and answer any question. Yeah, this would be possible. “I’m Barty Crouch, we’re friends. You’re at our-my house. And your parents are at Grimauld Place.”

Barty had realised years ago that he detested partner projects, most people he had learned didn’t care about the work, or more commonly, simply weren’t talented enough for him to want to work with them. And this project was one Barty would have much rather avoided. It was going to last the last half a semester, and the professor was the person choosing the pairs, which made it all worse.

It was a charms project though, so hopefully he would be able to convince his partner to let him do most of the work. Unwrapping a peach lollipop he listened as the professor read out the partners, “Lance Brennan and Maisie Everly, Aaron Madison and Maxwell Pound, Eleanor Rayne and Amelia Reynolds,” he tuned out the continued names until he heard his own, “Barty Crouch and Sherlock Holmes,” at that, Barty shifted his eyes to the other. So not an idiot then, that was something. A minute later the professor finished the pairs, “Now, would all groups go sit by each other and begin to plan out what element of dangerous charms they wish to research, you have until the end of class to finish your plan!”

Barty opened his eyes, the colours of the world swimming into focus with the sluggishness that he expected when he woke up. Hand coming up to push back the stray hair, he sat up. Today was... the day? How did someone describe a day for which they thought they were to die? At any rate, he would go with Regulus to collect the horcrux. Hopes of defeating Voldemort growing nearer.

The Deatheaters Anonymous brochure

Known members:

Evan Rosier

Regulus Black

Barty Crouch

Narcissa Malfoy

Walden Mcnair (goes to watch people cry)

Five AU’s! Fun!

First one up, is one of my canon-divergent AU’s for Regulus. Basically, it goes off the idea that Regulus doesn’t die? Not quite at least. He exists between life and death, in the inferi cave. So when, Albus and Harry go to retrieve the locket, and Regulus crawls out, unaware of the fact that so long has passed? There is a lot of complications. For one, Regulus has no one. His brother has died (telling him that was Not Good. He was very close to searching out Bellatrix and killing her.). The rest of his family is either, a) part of the Deatheaters, the people he can’t go back to, without dying, and they’ve grown up anyways. He’s 18, mentally and physically. Everyone he knew is either dead, or in their 30′s. So new name, and he joins the order, it’s not like he has much other choice.

Number two is… defection AU. This one is where Regulus and/or Barty, do precisely that. They defect. Instead of going after the horcrux alone, they go to the order first. With the support of at least one other person (who defects depends on who goes with), they manage to retrieve the horcrux without anyone dying! Score one for the good guys?  So yeah, that’s that one. In theory, Regulus manages to repair his relationship with his brother.

I can’t really do any for Ilya, because he has none as of yet. Let’s go Albus!

So, it’s a character specific one, but I really want to do one, and had a thread where Albus, at like 18, just months post-Gellert ends up messing with a time-turner, or (time) magic he ought not be messing in, and it sends him 50 years into the future, where he meets young, charismatic Tom Riddle. And Tom, is well, exactly what attracted Albus to Gellert, and the anger and the hurt is still fresh enough, but without the wisdom that comes with time. So the idea that maybe he shouldn’t get involved with (morally skewed) revolutionaries hasn’t quite sunken in yet? And let’s face it, Tom would use this opportunity. Access to a young Dumbledore? It’s like a gift of fate. So I yeah. I really want to do something where Albus ends up co-Dark Lording with Tom. Albus has grey morals already, this would push him properly evil, and I love it.

Another one of my character’s ends up siding with Tom Riddle verse? Cassandra’s. In her’s, she is still engaged to Bartemius Sr. and she hates that fact. She’s smart, and not terribly ambitious, but enough that she catches Tom’s eye. It’s easy enough to convince her parents he would be a much more suitable match… alternately, elopement. Somehow, she ends up married to Tom. He’s still Tom. Still cold, and very Slytherin, but he’s hers. And he’s brilliant, and listens to her input. It’s a lot of Hades/Persephone vibes for it. Fun, at any rate. Granted, I seem to be a fan of a lot of ships where one person is legit dark/evil and either drags the other participant down with them, or the other person goes willingly.

And for the final verse! I already added this into an ask for this meme but damnit it, I like this verse, so it gets to go again. Barty’s survival verse! The base, start is; after the war, and the dementors are no longer used, provided the human body is still alive, some people regained their souls. Barty is one of the lucky few. It’s a bit of a trying time getting out of Azkaban. But he does, either by proving his innocence for some of his crimes, or by being able to pull the ‘I’ve paid penance, I lost my soul, I’m a changed man, give me a break’ card. So he gets out, and he doesn’t know what to do. He has no money, no friends, and no family (his cousin doesn’t count. He couldn’t do that to him. He has a family, has a life, Barty made his choice when he was 15, besides, the guilt would kill him). No respectable business would hire him, so he goes to knockturn alley, and Borgin and Burkes hires him. He’s smart, if a little broken, and good at remembering the stock, there are worse jobs. It keeps a roof over his head. It’s a small, cramped apartment. But it’s home. A lot of life is living one day at a time.