Ron and the Trouble with Veela

[Erica <cymru1ca@yahoo.ca>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50382

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "probonoprobono <probono at r...>" 
<probono at r...> wrote:
> Didn't Arthur resist the Veela at the World Cup by covering his 
ears 
> during their songs? I vaguely remember him telling Ron and Harry to 
> cover their ears [sorry, no books here at work, so I can't check]. 
> If so, that could explain how Arthur (and everybody else in the 
> stadium) were able to resist the Veela on that night. 
> 
> Whereas, the effects of Fleur's Veelishness can be explained by 
> Harry's superior strength of will, as others have said here. Or 
> perhaps, because she's only half-Veela, she doesn't have the 
> strength to effect large groups of people and instead focuses on 
one 
> target. I don't remember any instance in canon where Fleur effects 
> (in that way) more than one person at a time? Is there?
> -Tanya

I thought that the Veela episode at the World Cup (Harry vs Ron's 
ability to resist) was a foreshadowing of their respective reactions 
to the Imperious Curse in Fake!Moody's DADA class.

I'm also curious how that little tete-a-tete between Fake!Moody and 
Neville went.  Wasn't Barty Jr. responsible for putting the Crutiatus 
curse on Neville's mother (and father?).

Erica