Which Weasley Is Ever So Evil? (WAS Arthur Weasley With Imperius -- )

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 40174

David, Master of the Ever So Evil Polling, wrote:

> What about the 'other' vote - 33 votes? Who did I miss? Rita 
>Skeeter?  

Oh, dear.  David, are you *sure* you want to ask that?  Are you 
*certain?*  Because I *know* who these 33 people voted for.  Someone 
so Evil, so Awful, so Heinous, that it becomes hard for me even to 
utter the name.  

So I won't.  Not until farther down in this post, anyway.  ;-)

Elkins observed:

 > So is there any evidence in the text that Bill and/or Charlie are 
>hip to something about their father and his relationship to the 
>past, something that the younger children in the family do not know 
>about?
> 
> I think that there is.  
> 
> At the end of _GoF,_ in Chapter 36, when Dumbledore announces his 
> intention of sending a letter to Arthur to enlist his help in 
> convincing other Ministry officials of the truth of Voldemort's 
> return, Bill immediately volunteers to go to him in person.
> 
> "'I'll go to Dad,' said Bill, standing up.  'I'll go now.'"

Uh, oh.

Elkins got me thinking here, and no good can ever come from that.  
Let's consider her evidence about which Weasley may have been placed 
under the Imperius Curse when Voldemort first came to power.  

Elkins:

 
> It's touching, that, but it is also really very suggestive.  Why 
> precisely *is* Bill so concerned about Arthur's feelings when it 
> comes to this topic?
> 
> I think that Arthur was an Imperius victim, and that Bill knows it.

Well, maybe.  Maybe.  But don't you think it is *far* more likely 
that *Bill* was an Imperius Victim during Voldemort's first campaign?

Oh, it makes sense, all right.  Voldemort likes to use the 
vulnerable, like younger members of MoM.  Weasleys are easy to 
control.  Bill is harsh with Ron when Ron is discussing the Dark 
Mark and DEs.  The Imperius Curse can make people do things they 
normally aren't capable of.  

Well, is all of that a clue that *Bill* was under Imperius or Arthur?

Consider this:  what is Bill's occupation, anyway?  That's right.  
He's a *Curse Breaker*!  Gee, isn't that *just* the sort of thing 
you'd expect?  When Bill was a teen or young man (we don't know his 
age exactly, and I have to wonder if *that* is by accident), he was 
placed under Imperius.  Who knows, Bill might have even rubbed out 
that missing Weasley.  Now that Voldemort is gone, Bill selects a 
career to make sure that he is prepared to fight the Good Fight 
should Voldemort ever return -- a career in which he is sure he'll 
never be controlled by Imperius again.  He becomes a *Curse Breaker*!

So is Bill eager to help out in the fight against a re-born 
Voldemort?  Is he willing to go to Dad, possibly assuring Arthur 
that Bill is strong, that Bill can be counted upon, that Bill will 
avenge the Dead Weasley child?

You betcha he is!

Yeah, no wonder Crouch Jr. would say that the Imperius Curse gave 
Arthur a hard time.  Because Arthur's own first born son was placed 
under the Imperius Curse and forced to do awful things, that's why!

Elkins (quoting Bill):  

> "If they really were Death Eaters, they worked very hard to keep
> out of Azkaban when You-Know-Who lost power, and told all sorts
> of lies about him forcing them to kill and torture people."
> 
> This is an interesting line, in part because it seems to be largely
> a parroting of what we already know Arthur has told Ron about 
Malfoy.
> Clearly this is a *big* issue for Arthur -- and he has seen to it 
> that it has become a source of particular indignation for his 
> children as well.  
> 
> It's also interesting, though, because it begs the question of why
> precisely Bill is bringing this subject up again, when previously 
he
> seemed to be working to deflect attention away from it.  What's up 
> with that?  

Oh, I know what is up with that.  Bill is speaking from *personal 
experience* there.  Wow, it is kind of haunting when you know the 
background, isn't it?

Need some more canon?  I mean, canon I didn't steal *straight from 
Elkins*?  Well, I have it right here!

Arthur is explaining the Dark Mark and what happens when you get 
home and find it hovering over your house.  Arthur winces and can't 
finish his sentence.  Then, "There was silence for a moment.  Then 
Bill, removing the sheet from his arm to check on his cut . . . "  

Oooh, that's subtle, but doesn't that sort of connect Bill's injury 
to the Dark Mark being fired over the Weasley's house?

Yup.  Make it 33 votes for Bill, and I think you have your Ever So 
Evil Poll winner.  Ever So Evil during Voldemort's first reign, but 
Ever So Redeemable now, that is!

Cindy -- not even *needing* to mention that Bill has a fang stuck in 
his ear, for cryin' out loud; how obviously Evil can you get?