Copying my comment from the Dolohov thread because it's specifically on-topic here and we haven't hit comment collapse yet. ;)
Okay so, we have Hydra's read on Dolohov's state of mind.
* He was straight-up horrified to have been fighting the kids. (Because they were his students and thus in his care? Because they were acting in a manner that was going to get them killed by someone? Because it reveals he doesn't know something significant about their inner lives?)
* He really wants to know what the heck they were doing. (Duh.)
* He wants to know where the Selwyn kids are. * He will not ask where the Selwyn kids are, because he will feel obliged to go get them if he knows.
* He tortured Selwyn for information; Selwyn, as we had more or less guessed, asked him to spare his kids. (We might guess that this combined with the his-students thing is why he diverted Barty for a bit, because his inaction in that regard would fulfil his brother's last wishes and let the his-students not get themselves killed?)
* He was glad Barty did not witness Selwyn's requests of him, presumably because he knew Barty would interfere with his acting upon his "scruples". (Probably the thing about innocents that Barty was twitting him about.)
* Power/cruelty/enjoyment/regret is an interesting combination for a crucio. (Dolohov takes the chosen family thing very seriously, and his brother being sufficiently "ill-advised" that he had to die makes him sad? As a read on that? Duty still dominant, but the duty is not embarked upon joyfully even though he enjoys its execution? Dolohov appears to get off on the usage of this kind of power on an abstract level, almost.)
* He appears to be really disturbed by V, in a constant-loop kind of way, and associates that with Selwyn's comment about being toyed with and destroyed. (Plays into his comments about loyalty going both ways as something that might really inspire doubts in him.)
* He is really pushy about wanting to train Justin in particular. Justin is unenthused. (Unimpressed Draco's unimpressed at this is pretty epic.)
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Date: 2013-06-06 10:54 pm (UTC)Okay so, we have Hydra's read on Dolohov's state of mind.
* He was straight-up horrified to have been fighting the kids.
(Because they were his students and thus in his care? Because they were acting in a manner that was going to get them killed by someone? Because it reveals he doesn't know something significant about their inner lives?)
* He really wants to know what the heck they were doing.
(Duh.)
* He wants to know where the Selwyn kids are.
* He will not ask where the Selwyn kids are, because he will feel obliged to go get them if he knows.
* He tortured Selwyn for information; Selwyn, as we had more or less guessed, asked him to spare his kids.
(We might guess that this combined with the his-students thing is why he diverted Barty for a bit, because his inaction in that regard would fulfil his brother's last wishes and let the his-students not get themselves killed?)
* He was glad Barty did not witness Selwyn's requests of him, presumably because he knew Barty would interfere with his acting upon his "scruples".
(Probably the thing about innocents that Barty was twitting him about.)
* Power/cruelty/enjoyment/regret is an interesting combination for a crucio.
(Dolohov takes the chosen family thing very seriously, and his brother being sufficiently "ill-advised" that he had to die makes him sad? As a read on that? Duty still dominant, but the duty is not embarked upon joyfully even though he enjoys its execution? Dolohov appears to get off on the usage of this kind of power on an abstract level, almost.)
* He appears to be really disturbed by V, in a constant-loop kind of way, and associates that with Selwyn's comment about being toyed with and destroyed.
(Plays into his comments about loyalty going both ways as something that might really inspire doubts in him.)
* He is really pushy about wanting to train Justin in particular. Justin is unenthused.
(Unimpressed Draco's unimpressed at this is pretty epic.)