(non)TBAY: Arthur Weasley With Imperius Curse and Small Craft Advisories

[Lilac]

No: HPFGUIDX 45309


Elkins, in her lovely TBAY post, said:

<<<"It does make sense that some families might be more vulnerable to 
the Imperius curse," said Veronica. "After all children of alcoholics 
are more likely to be alcoholics. Perhaps there is a gene that some 
have that make them less able to fight off that curse. That would 
explain why Ron has a more difficult time with that curse in DADA 
class."

"It could be," agreed Elkins.  "Also, Ginny succumbed quite readily 
to Riddle's diary, which would seem to be a similar type of magic, 
don't you think?  Mental domination.  You really do have to be 
careful with this one, though," she warned, looking up owlishly from 
the scroll.  "This one can get you into some trouble.  A lot of 
people balk when it comes to this piece of canon, because they don't 
like the idea that such a weakness might be genetic, rather than a 
matter of pure personal willpower.  They find that notion very 
thematically shaky.  And many people also point out that none of the 
students in Harry's class has very much luck with the Imperius 
Curse..."

<snip of very good can(n)ons>

"...So while it's true that nobody other than Harry could resist the 
curse, Ron is still the only person that JKR specifies actually 
suffering from lingering after-effects *after* the class!">>>


Me:

Here's one thought I had about this...what if Arthur was under Imperius *before* Ron and Ginny were born and that *bits of Imperio magic* were passed along, not so much genetically as it were, but *magically*?  Then it wouldn't be a matter of genetics like with alcoholics.   The CRAB contingent would maybe allow that as an explanation, because it all boils down to Malfoy Sr. as the cause, and not a weakness in character or genetics.  It would explain why Ron has trouble with it in DADA and Ginny seemed to succumb to the diary fairly quickly.  We don't know from canon if any of the other children are susceptible to Imperius, but I suspect that Imperio!Arthur happened *after* Fred and George were born.

OOOHHH, one more thought...is this why Lucius picked Ginny in particular?  Because he knew that she would be susceptible because he put Arthur under Imperio 15-or-so years ago?   Things that make you go hmmmmm...

<more snip about Moody helping Arthur in the past>

<<<"Hmmmm."  Elkins thought about this for a moment.  "Well, I do think 
that Moody was probably an investigator," she said.  "Certainly Snape 
seems utterly unsurprised at the idea that Crouch/Moody might be 
searching his office.  And when Crouch/Moody congratulates Harry and 
Hermione on having the right mindset to become Aurors, he's talking 
about investigative thinking, isn't he?  Detective work.">>>

Me:

Could this also be the reason why Moody *does not* tell Ron he would make a good Auror?  Because it's difficult for Ron to even overcome the after effects of the Imperius?  Because Moody helped his father way back when with his Imperius episode (which might have been pretty bad to be passed along magically to his two youngest children), so he knows Ron's going to have residual Imperius?  Of course, this is only if the "passed along magically" thought holds water (fitting for TBAY).  

I think Veronica and Elkins have a pretty water-tight vessel floating now.  However, I do like the 7th Son theory, so I hope your trimaran does have a cabin so I can visit there.  That is, if I ever brave the waters of theory bay. <sighs>

 

~Lilac, who is standing on the shores of TBAY with her two friends Nicole and Gail,  all three of us donning our CONNIVING CHICK'S REVENGE life-jackets (Lilac adds her FAT CHANCE AT BALL water wings for extra measure), trying to figure out where to go...



 

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