Ron and the Imperio (was Re: Ship: H/H vs. R/H)

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "anakinbester <
anakinbester at h...>" <anakinbester at h...> wrote:


> This however scares the beejessus outta me! 
> " 'Yeah I know,' said Ron, who was skipping on every alternative 
> step. He had much more difficulty with the [imperio] curse than Harry 
> though Moody had assured him the effects would wear off by lunch 
> time." -GoF USA version pg 253
> 
> I'm sure this got mentioned before, but yeah, this has little red 
> flags written all over it, because it was mentioned the Harry can 
> resist it, and that was important, so I can't imagine it not being 
> important that Ron is so unable to fight it that he still as problems 
> even after the curse is off. *Shudders* that to me doe not bode well. 
> That just screams foreshadowing like nothing else has to me.
> 
> -Ani

And, well, really... how do we know the curse actually DID get taken 
off of him? I suppose at this point it's not much more than idle 
speculation, but yes, I agree with you, that sets off warning signals.

CK