Ron and the Imperious Curse

[ariadnemajic]

No: HPFGUIDX 75460

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Arya" <jdq53562 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ghinghapuss" 
<rredordead at a...> 
> wrote:
> > I believe Ron is a perfect candidate for the Imperious Curse.
Arya: 
I completely agree.  I felt this was a likely future plot line after 
we hear in GoF about Ron 'stil skipping every few steps' after a DADA 
class where he was told to skip around the room under Crouch/Moody's 
imperius.  To me, that says he has very little natural ability to 
fight the curse or mind control in general.  


Now me:  Ron is also very susceptible to the veela, which must have a 
connection to the imperius curse because they have the same effect 
(on men anyway). I'm sure this is in a Fantastic Post somewhere, how 
the veela cause the same floating, care-free sensation, and that's 
why Harry refers to the Imperius curse in the graveyard scene in GOF 
as the "third time" he felt the sensation, one being in the veela, 
one in Moody's class before he learned to fight it. 

Yes, Ron is being portrayed as a great guy and friend, and I don't 
believe he'd betray Harry for money or some other intangible. But 
he's just not advancing as much magically as some of the others in 
the DADA group, even Neville, and that's worrisome.  Of course, even 
under the Imperius curse, your ability to resist it must correlate to 
what you're being asked to do.  Skipping involuntarily is one thing, 
but betraying your best friend... I agree he will be put to the test, 
though.  Ariadne