[HPforGrownups] Arthur Weasley & Imperius Curse (was Re: TBAY: Missing Theory)

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 45211

Dicentra writes:

> A roll of parchment flies out and she catches it.  "Here it is!  Post
> 37121."  She rolls it up tightly and asks Stoned!Harry if he'll do the
> honors with the shrinking spell. (No way is that little grey owl going
> to be able to carry an *Elkins* post.)

As I've been pondering this very thing lately, I'll jump in here on the
Arthur Weasley Imperius Curse thing.  First, I agree with the above
mentioned post, based on Moody/Crouch's actions in the DADA class (calling
on Neville for Cruciatus curse answer, drawing attention to Harry after AK,
etc.) it is highly likely that Arthur was somewhere along the way a victim
of the Imperius curse.  Futhermore, Harry's parents were killed by AK, one
of the unforgiveables; Neville's parents were driven insane by the Cruciatus
curse, another of the unforgiveables; therefore it would make sense that
someone's parents were in some way tortured by the third and final
unforgiveable, the Imperius.  [Side note, if that wasn't a run-on sentence,
I don't know what is!]  And the only one mentioned in relation to this was
Arthur Weasley (and Ron, for being called on to give the answer).

But how?  My personal opinion ties this in with the Weasley family's
absolute horror at the name "Voldemort" and Arthur's recollections of the
dark mark.  Could a DE (or Voldemort himself, for that matter) have put
Arthur Weasley under an Imperius curse, had him kill one or more of his own
children, leave the dark mark, and return to the DE's so they could laugh
about it?  There's definitely a missing Weasley or two in there (what family
who loves having children so much goes what, six years without at least
one?)

Richelle

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