[HPforGrownups] Moodies

[Susanna Luhtanen]

No: HPFGUIDX 28841



Susanna Luhtanen
s_luhtanen at hotmail.com




> > Also, if the real Moody resurfaces, must he have exactly the same
> > Characteristic Dialogue, or can JKR play with this?  One the one
> > hand, it isn't realistic that the fake Moody mimicks the real
> > Moody's Characteristic Dialogue perfectly.  On the other hand, he
> > shouldn't be too different, I suppose, or he wouldn't have fooled
> > everyone.  So how would an author balance these two competing
> > concerns for Moody in OoP, and which sub-categories of
> > Characteristic Dialogue would be the easiest to manipulate to
> > strike this balance?
>
>Well, all I can honestly say is that I am every bit as interested to
>see how JKR handles this as you are.  You are totally correct that
>there is a kind of balance to be achieved here, neither too similar
>in speech mannerisms nor too dissimilar.
>
>Sad to say, I have no guesses about which categories are best to
>change to discriminate between the two, at least not any guesses that
>are worth sharing.
>
>I actually suspect, interestingly enough, that there may be a bit
>more of a personality difference between Real!Moody and Fake!Moody
>than we anticipate.  I can't put my finger on why I think that, but I
>do.  I don't anticipate a vast and therefore unbelievable difference,
>but I do think they will turn out to have some more noticeable
>differences.  After all, Dumbledore is the only one at Hogwarts who
>knew Real!Moody well and even he probably didn't see Fake!Moody that
>often, except at staff meetings and perhaps mealtimes, in order to
>catch on.  But anyway, for example, I expect Real!Moody to be more
>eccentric and strange than Fake!Moody.  Maybe I just think he needs
>something alluring to separate him from Fake!Moody; I don't know.  It
>just seems to me that Real!Moody will need something a little new
>about him in order to be freshly appealing rather than rehash.
>Either that or he will have a small enough amount of time that it
>won't matter that he's Fake!Moody all over again.
>
>And what justifies JKR's comment that "the real Moody is even cooler
>[than the fake one]"?  Perhaps it is just an 'author's line', because
>one does not admit that one's characters are not that cool, but if
>there really is truth behind it, then there must be something
>noticeably different about him.

Well - the real!Moody wouldn't be putting Imperious on a student - or anyone 
for that matter. He'd be nice - and Neville wouldn't be afraid of him. (I 
think Neville knew - but didn't exactly realise it - who the Fake!Moody was: 
The very same who cruciated his parents)... Real!Moody would NOT keep spider 
under crucio until a student yells him to stop (particularly not with 
someone with Neville's background in the class)...

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