Crouch as Moody... tangent from the Snape DAD line

[arvokitty]

No: HPFGUIDX 32358

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Malia Kawaguchi <malia at q...> wrote:
>...finally clicked something in my head to make  me 
> wonder out loud why in all hells Crouch Jr. would WANT to teach 
Harry how 
> to defend against the Imperious curse (in GoF when "masked" as 
Moody).  
> Has this been addressed long before my time?  Do we think he was 
actually 
> trying to gain control of Harry and failed?  But he ran Harry 
through it 
> several times, if I remember correctly, which may have led directly 
to 
> Voldy's failure in the graveyard.  *puzzlement*
> 
> -Malia (the now not-quite-so-newbie)

Thank you! I have been wondering about that too, and looking up this 
subject in the archives...Have been puzzling until my puzzler is sore 
over certain aspects of Crouch-as-Moody's behavior. Such as:
why *was* C-as-M so insistent on teaching this to the class, and 
especially to Harry, and seemingly so pleased that Harry was able to 
fight it off---"they'll have trouble controlling *you*!"
Also---why did C-as-M suggest that Harry and Hermione should think 
about careers as Aurors?

Does Barty Crouch *still*, in spite of everything, have a shred of 
fairness and human decency in himself?
Or---does Polyjuice Potion work in ways so mysterious that taking on 
another's outward appearance may allow some of the *real* inward 
stuff of the impersonated person to rub off, too (unknown to those 
who are familiar with the potion)?
Or---is it just part of the really, really good act that Crouch had 
to put on to *be* Moody and even fool Dumbledore for so long?

And of course there is the wonderful scene with Draco Malfoy the 
amazing bouncing ferret (LOL)---but that could have been a way for 
Crouch to express his annoyance with Lucius Malfoy (thru Draco) for 
not being as faithful a DE as Crouch himself was.

Sorry for the long post, I'm a newbie and have not been able to 
figure out the answers to these questions. So glad I found this 
group!!! Thanks!

"arvokitty"