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Value judgement - value of forks vs. value of your health/good looks. You will never be able to ride on the fork with confidence.
The forks bend at the crown because that is the most highly stressed point of the steerer tube. The bending is plastic deformation, so when you bend it back, the fork may look the same as new but structurally it is far weaker and more susceptible to fatigue fracture. The bigger the original bend, the more risky.