[HPforGrownups] Re: The Imperius Curse

[Pam Hugonnet]

No: HPFGUIDX 2922



Brooks R wrote:

> --- 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").
>
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I've been thinking of this as well.  But remember, the dementors
performed the kiss *before* we ever got to hear Barty Jr.'s side of the
story.  What if he wasn't exactly the loyal servant of Voldemort we were
expecting him to be.  I think JKR is leaving this wide open for an
interesting plot twist...

drpam