[HPforGrownups] Longbottoms

[Becky]

No: HPFGUIDX 29339


--- scmacdonald at carlson.com wrote:
> I was under the impression that the longbottoms were
> no longer 
> suffering the direct effects of the curse (imperio
> or crucio.. 
> whichever it was... don't have the book with me) but
> are suffering 
> the after-effects of resisting it.  They are in the
> hospital in a 
> kind of psych ward.  They resisted the curse and it
> drove them 
> insane.  

Er... I'm not so sure about this. While I agree they
aren't suffering the *direct* effects of the curse,
(i.e. prolonged pain) I always assumed that it wasn't
resisting the curse that drove them insane. IMHO
resisting Crucio wouldn't damage you any more then the
spell itself. I assume that while resisting a spell
might help, (though I have no idea if Crucio *can* be
resisted, or if you just have to block it before it
comes to you) in the case of Crucio it wouldn't do any
more damage resisting it then the spell itself, unless
whoever cast it didn't get it right.

I always thought that what drove them insane was the
continued pain, not necessarily resisting it. Though I
agree with you on the general idea that they won't be
"miraculously" healed.

On the other hand, was their any particular reason
that the DE went after them? It says in GoF that they
captured Frank Longbottom, "believing him to have
knowledge of the present whereabouts of your exiled
master." Is there any particular reason the DE's would
think the Longbottoms had this information? It says
the Longbottoms were "very popular," and the attacks
caused a "wave of fury." Just how important were they?

Sorry if this question has already been discussed. I'm
a newbie here and haven't seen it in anything I've
read from this group.

Becky

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