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

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 45398

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
 
Richelle asked:
> 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.
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Richelle
> 

bboy_mn adds:
Let's not forget the circumstances of those two Imperius Curses. 

Barty Crouch Jr was under the constant daily care of his father who
could re-enforce/re-apply the Imperius Curse as well as other curses
as needed to maintain control of B.C.Jr. B.C.Jr. only finally broke
completely free when he was taken out of a very controlled subdued
environment and put into a very uncontrolled and very stimulating
environment.

Barty Crouch Sr was under the somewhat unattentive care of Wormtail
until he escaped. Even after having been away from Wormtail's
influence for an extended period of time, he was still boardline
psychotic when Harry found him.

In general, I see Imperius as being a type of magical hypnosis with a
bit of telepathy thrown in. They hypnosis makes people act in general
way that favor the caster of the curse. For more specific
modifications and commands, telepathy comes into play. And I have to
assume that there are a variety of things that can affect the
effectiveness of either one of these.

bboy_mn