Moody-Crouch

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No: HPFGUIDX 18669

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Penny wrote:
> 
> >We know from CoS that polyjuice potion does not give
> > the person who takes the potion the 
thoughts/mind/knowledge/memory 
> of
> > the person whose appearance is taken on (that is, Harry & Ron 
look 
> like
> > Crabbe & Goyle, but they still retain their own minds; they don't 
> know
> > where to find the Slytherin common room, etc.).  So .... how 
exactly 
> did
> > Crouch Jr. know enough about Moody to hoodwink Dumbledore for 
such 
> an
> > extended period of time?  How would he have found out so much 
about 
> him
> > & his quirks & personality traits?  
> 
> 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.
> 
> Amy Z
> 
 I've wondered if Crouch Senior may have know Moody well enough for 
Junior to pick up hints about his personality. Moody certainly worked 
under Crouch during his time as a Ministry Official and seems in the 
pensieve chapter to share Crouch Senior's opinions more than he 
shares Dumbledores. And even if they were not friends it's fairly 
possible that Crouch Snr may have come home from time to time and 
grumbled about 'Mad old Moody' to his house bound son.

 Jen

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