Cracking Frank (was Neville As Witness)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 38892

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "ssk7882" <skelkins at a...> wrote:
> 
> Oh, please.  Frank Longbottom was a trained Auror.  I'm sure that
> he knew how to resist the Imperius Curse.  It is a skill that can 
be 
> taught -- otherwise, why would Dumbledore have asked Crouch/Moody 
to 
> cover it in his DADA class? -- and while Crouch/Moody does concede 
> that some people can never get the hang of it, other people can, 
> given the proper training.  
> 
> I'd be willing to bet that you don't become an Auror unless you're 
> one of those people who can.  
> 
> -- Elkins

I agree with that completely. *Real* Moody most definately could - 
even 14-year-old Harry did. I'm *sure* Frank Longbottom did, too. No 
use of Imperius if the victim doesn't co-operate... And this could be 
a nod to the Evil!Gran theory too - Frank wasn't obedient enough to 
suit his mother...

I also have another suggestion about 'Neville saw them, but they 
didn't torture him' - .. the DEs didn't *know* Neville was there.  
Neville had found his Dad's invisibility cloak or something. And I do 
think an Auror would have one...

-- Finwitch