(non)TBAY: Arthur Weasley With Imperius Curse and Small Craft Advisories
Veronica
ronib at mindspring.com
Tue Oct 15 14:16:20 UTC 2002
No: HPFGUIDX 45377
Richelle wrote:
> > 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."
>
> Okay, I have one problem with this. There's both Barty Crouch Sr
> and Jr with the Imperius Curse. It took Jr years to break it,
> whereas Sr broke it in a matter of months.
>
> I believe that is the only place where a father/son were both under
> the Imperius curse, albeit at different times and different
> people's curse. I am still a bit confused how one maintains an
> Imperius curse from miles and miles away. Can the same thing be
> true for other curses? The Crucio perhaps? Can you crucio
> someone, apparate away, and them still be tortured?
>
Veronica replies:
I can't even begin to guess how you would continue the Imperius curse
miles away from someone. That one I will have to chalk up into the
Faith column (not the Theory, but just that JKR tells us it can
happen, so it can). I'll let someone else take a shot at that. =)
As for the Crouch Jr. versus Crouch Sr. and the amount of time that
it takes to break off the curse . . . . I think strength of character
still has some effect on your ability to withstand Imperius, but I
think heredity plays a part, too.
To use my analogy of alcoholics, not all children of alcoholic become
alcoholics--they just have to be more careful, because (as we
understand it), their genes are working against them.
Perhaps Mrs. Crouch's genes made Barty Jr. more vulnerable.
Or more likely (I don't have my books here at work to find the
lines), but doesn't Barty Jr., under the truth potion, say that he
was very ill and weakened when he left Azkaban? Didn't he say
something like, "One dying person came to visit, and one dying person
left," indicating that both he and his mother were extremely ill when
they switched places. It makes sense (at least to me) that regardless
of your genes, if you are that ill, you *could* be more easily
controlled with Imperius.
Veronica
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