Moody/Crouch - whose personality is it?

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No: HPFGUIDX 47833

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Lucia August <lucia at w...> wrote:
> Greetings,
> I'm just wondering if because Crouch has to take so much Polyjuice 
Potion
> that somehow Real!Moody's personality doesn't bleed through into
> Fake!Moody's experience.  Crouch sure seems convincing as the Real!
Moody.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> GalacticLu
> 

An interesting concept. I don't think this possibility is likely, as 
the attack on the real Moody happens somewhere between the Quidditch 
world cup and the return to Hogwarts, so the time frame in which the 
personality of Crouch could 'suddenly adjust' is rather small. Also 
to the point, when Crouch changes back, he appears to assume his old 
personality immediately.

But I think the real Moody, should we get to meet him in the next 
book, will be much like the fake Moody was. He seemed to have done 
his homework with the whole taunting Karkaroff thing. And more to the 
point, we don't get any indication that Dumbledore suspected him - 
which is a real feat considering that Dumbledore correctedly 
suspected Tom Riddle.

What I find most interesting is that Harry didn't glance at the map 
more often in the year and discover that "Barty Crouch" was at 
Hogwarts in the supposed "Mad-Eye Moody"'s office, or at the very 
least, that Barty Crouch was at Hogwarts almost at all times, and 
sometimes was there in two places. 

James