The Imperius Curse

[eunika]

No: HPFGUIDX 2639

 
> 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").

I guess another reason would be that Moody aka BCJ never expected 
Voldermort to use the curse. Afterall, everything was already 
preplanned and there seemed to be no necessity for the curse. (i 
don't imagine BCJ having a list of do's and don'ts from Voldermort) 
Furthurmore, Voldermort's use of the curse was like a spur of the 
moment thing.(spoiler for GoF: note that Voldy only used the curse to 
force Harry to answer "no" for his own satisfaction and prove his own 
greatness over Harry and Harry's own weakness).

ALso, as a defense of the dark arts teacher who specifically said he 
would teach CURSES that year, the Imperius Curse seems to be the most 
harmless of the 3 mentioned unforgivable curses... i think dumbledore 
would get pretty suspicious if Moody suddenly began cruciatus-ing the 
students!

eunice