The Imperius Curse

[Brooks R]

No: HPFGUIDX 2632

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, fluctuation at r... wrote:
> One thing that really bugs me is why Moody/Barty Crouch Jr.
> would make Harry go through the Imperius curse over and over again 
> until he got it right? Wouldn't he have realised that Voldrmort
might 
> need the curse to take control of Harry? 

I think he got so caught up in acting the role of Moody that he 
overlooked the possibility. I think that other than the things he 
specifically planned to do, to ensure Harry won and got to the Cup/
portkey first, he concentrated all other thoughts on properly acting 
out the role of Moody - to the point of overlooking that some of the 
things he did as Moody might hurt Voldy's overall efforts.

Sometimes Evil does its task so well it ends up helping Good after
all.

(Note - this has bothered me too, and the above is the only
explanation I can come up with that isn't - "JKR thought of him as 
Moody and wrote that by mistake").