Crouch / Moody

[Amy]

No: HPFGUIDX 9282

Re:  Crouch / Moody

Mauricio writes:

>So why does Moody teach Harry so well to resist the Imperius, 
>and seems so enthusiastic with his success?

Steve writes:

>He is intensely curious about 
>Harry. He wants to determine what about this skinny, untrained kid 
>could have allowed him to defeat the Dark Lord, his master. He is 
>testing Herry, finding out under the guise of a lesson just what 
>power he has. There was no way that he could know that his actions 
>would have enabled Harry to survive a battle with Voldemort yet again 
>a few months later.

Welcome, Mauricio!

A big thumbs-up to Steve's response--thanks, this really sorts it out 
for me.  As for undermining V, even someone less arrogant than Crouch 
would find it hard to believe that a 14-year-old kid is ever going to 
be able to withstand Voldemort.  Besides, when it does come, V's 
attempted Imperius curse on Harry is just his idea of fun.  All he has 
to do is kill him, and (according to Crouch/Moody at least) there's no 
defence whatsoever against that.

Re: Moody's enthusiasm, I think it's kind of amusing.  Maybe Crouch is 
a true teacher, can't help getting excited about a student's success 
even if the student is his ultimate enemy.  And again, he's arrogant. 
 He can applaud Harry's strength of will while secretly thinking, 
"It'll never stand up to My Master" (snuffle, lick boots).

However, I agree with Jim: the whole scheme in GoF may be too 
elaborate, really.

>If they wanted to get Harry to 
>Voldemort, there were surely much more direct and certain ways to do 
>it than to turn the trophy into a portkey!

Like for example, turning ANYTHING into a portkey.  Crouch could've 
done it with any item in his office anytime in the year.  I think 
Dave's thing about not being able to make a new portkey in Hogwarts is 
plausible, but what is more plausible is that you can't USE one in 
Hogwarts (fits with the prohibitions on Apparating).  If you can 
portkey in or out, it seems likely you can make a portkey there too.

Amanda, your theory is really good.  I wonder though, is it really 
wise for V to take on the entire Hogwarts faculty, assorted Ministry 
officials, and hundreds of people on his first day back?  

I had a different thought, which was that maybe he wants to maintain 
his secret identity even after V is returned to power.  So Harry needs 
to disappear without the disappearance being traceable to Moody.  But 
what if the plot had worked and Harry HAD been killed--how would it 
have looked from AD's perspective?  The Cup is gone, Harry and Cedric 
are gone--he's going to suspect the person who put the Cup into the 
maze.

Amy Z

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