Draco in GoF

[plinsenmayer]

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From: plinsenmayer
Subject: Draco in GoF
Date: 8/5/00 11:17 am  (ET)

Hi:

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<<<After I'd finished GoF, though, it made me wonder...did Moody/Crouch
punish Draco because (a) he was angry that Lucius Malfoy was living the
life of a "respectable" wizard, even though practicing the Dark Arts,
and wanted to take it out on his son, (b) because he thought bullying
Draco would keep up the charade and futher prove that he was the real
Mad-Eye Moody, or (c) he
was telling the truth and thought that attacking another wizard while
his/her back was turned was a cowardly, scummy thing to do? Perhaps (d) he
was just ensuring that Malfoy and his gang would leave Harry alone and
not endager Harry's chances of winning the Triwizard Cup?>>>

JoAnna -- I think it was a combination of all these things. I think Moody
(Crouch-as-Moody) really took on the character of the real Moody as much
as possible. He wouldn't want to raise suspicions. He would want to be
entirely believable. It must have been quite a feat, since Dumbledore
is usually so sharp!

And, of course, he did in fact hate Lucius Malfoy and all the other Death
Eaters who renounced Voldemort after his downfall and avoided Azkaban.

And, maybe he really did think it was *wrong* to attack an opponent when
the opponent's back was turned. I believe he must have believed that to be
the case, since he reacted so quickly, so instinctively. He probably had
it in for Draco a bit anyway, but he jumped in so quickly that I think
that Crouch-as-Moody must have had some strong beliefs about the proper
sense of fair play in wizarding fights. Many of the dark side do also seem
to have this sense of propriety & fair play -- Voldemort demonstrates this
when he unties Harry & gives him his wand. He could have just cursed him
while he was tied up & unable to defend himself. He also told Harry that
Dumbledore would expect him to show proper wizarding manners when dueling.

Penny