[HPforGrownups] Re: Resisting The Imperious Curse

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No: HPFGUIDX 27926


--- Lucy Austin <lucy at luphen.co.uk> wrote:
> 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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