Crouch jnr. and imperio

[Dai Evans]

No: HPFGUIDX 11523

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., mschub at y... wrote:
> Actually, I'm seeming to recall a scene 
> somwhere at the very end of GoF, during Crouch's confession, where 
he 
> says something to the effect of Winky convinced his father to let 
him 
> see the Quidditch World Cup, he used to love Quidditch and he 
hadn't 
> seen any in x years. Does such a scene exist? And, if so, what's 
the 
> x? I have the impression of it being around 5. Which would mean 4 
> years under the Imperius Curse, and Neville being 9 when his 
parents 
> were killed. 

All the text says is that Crouch had not left the house for years and 
that he had loved quidditch. 

Crouch jnr. did not break free of the imperius curse, he was set free 
by V when V and Wormtail visited the Crouch family home. He had 
however begun to fight it, as seen by the World Cup dark mark events. 
It occurred to me that Harry was fairly special in his ability to 
fight off the imperius. Crouch jnr. obviously did not have this gift 
which is why he was held under the imperious curse for so long.



Dai