Old buds? was Moody-Crouch

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 18636

Amy Z wrote:

> He interrogates him as needed all year, using the Imperius Curse
> ("Veritaserum"); that's why he keeps him alive (though he may also do
> so because you can only make Polyjuice out of stuff from a
> still-living person--I wonder).  Even so it seems a little weak;
> impersonating someone well enough to fool his longtime friend must be
> very hard to pull off.

Is there any evidence in canon that Dumbledore and Moody were friends?
Longtime, close, whatever? I'm not recalling this. And in any case,
Moody has been pretty much a recluse since the Voldemort years, and is
an odd individual at the best of times. It's a pretty good pick for an
impersonator, since things he gets wrong or does strangely can be
attributed to the oddball personality of the person being impersonated.

Point being, we're assuming Dumbledore (a) knew Moody pretty well, or at
least knew him well enough to pick up on personality quirks, and (b)
spent enough time with Moody, hangin' out or whatever, to have picked up
on such things. I don't think either one is necessarily supported by
canon.

Moody (the real one, pre-Crouch attack) did agree to come out of
retirement at Dumbledore's request. However, I submit that Dumbledore's
stature in the wizarding community, coupled with the presence of Harry
at Hogwarts and the need to protect him, would have been enough to
induce Moody to agree, without there *having* to have been a bond of
friendship to call upon.

--Amanda


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]