[HPforGrownups] Re: Resisting The Imperious Curse

[Lucy Austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 27904

The thing that really gets me, is WHY does Crouch/Moody teach Harry how to throw off the Imperious Curse? He already knows Harry is very unusual, and plans to give him to Voldemort to kill, so why on earth does he give him all that extra practice in that class to give Harry another weapon to use???

Lucy, very confused on this
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cindy C. 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 8:58 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Resisting The Imperious Curse


  Rowena Grunnion-Ffitch wrote:
  >    I could be wrong but I get the impression that
  > being able to throw the Imperious Curse off in
  > minutes, as Harry does, is highly unusual. Judging
  > from the cases of Crouch Jr. and Sr. it would seem
  > most wizards have to build up resistance over a period
  > of time.
  >    Krum of course never had a chance to do so, (the
  > poor boy probably feels wretched about attacking
  > Cedric, especially as he can never now apologize to
  > him). 
  >     I believe Crouch Jr. kept Moody unconscious for
  > the most part specifically in order to keep him from
  > working up the necessary resistance to break the
  > curse.
  > 

  I agree, and I also wonder if resisting the Imperius curse is easier 
  if you are standing there aware that it is coming.  On each occasion 
  that Harry threw it off, he had some inkling that it might be 
  coming.  Even Voldemort points his wand and says "Answer Me.  
  Imperio" or some such.  I imagine Krum had no clue that the curse was 
  coming.  Moody was outside the maze, firing curses through the hedge.

  Anyway, I also think you're correct that Crouch Jr. kept Moody 
  unconscious so he wouldn't resist the curse.  It makes you wonder why 
  Wormtail/Voldemort didn't think of this.  Unless Wormtail was 
  supposed to Stun Crouch Sr. and just "forgot."  <bg>

  Cindy
  Cindy




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