[HPforGrownups] Moody vs Moody

[Ali Wildgoose]

No: HPFGUIDX 21865


>I don't know how much of Barty Crouch there actually
>was in polyjuice-Moody.

I'm too lazy to find my book and sig up quotes, but from what I remember...

It seemed like Barty was fairly adept at mimicing Moody's usual manerisms - 
the paranoia, the unconventional meathods, the ferret bouncing.  In 
retrospect, what Crouch was often unable to hide were his motivations, his 
priorities and his reactions.  He WAS Barty Crouch, only with a thin layer 
of Moody-isms masking him to those not paying enough attention.

*sighs*  oh, I give up... *fetches her copy of Gof*

"'Potter...' he said slowly, 'you didn't happen, by any chance, to see who 
broke into Snape's office, did you?  On this map, I mean.'

'Er...yeah, I did...' Harry admitted. 'It was Mr. Crouch.'

Moody's magical eye whizzed over the entire surface of the map.  He looked 
suddenly alarmed."

And then there's more, but I won't trouble you with it...page 475 of the 
american edition, incidentally.

Now.  It is just me, or is he being incredibly shifty here?  I remember 
noticing that even the first time I read it, though I had no idea what was 
going on and forgot about it soon after.  The entire scene with the stairs, 
Snape, Filch, Moody and the egg is ripe with this sort of thing.

The real Moody wouldn't have been so tentetive with that first question.  
The real Moody wouldn't have been so alarmed at the suggestion of Crouch - 
he doesn't really trust anyone, from what I can tell, and wouldn't have been 
surprised if it was anyone short of Dumbledore in that office.

There are many other examples, but it's too early in the morning for me to 
be doing research.  Anyone else want to take a stab?

Ali

http://homepages.nyu.edu :: Diagon Alley
Harry Potter for Slightly Older Folk

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