Ron and the Trouble with Veela

[Scott Northrup]

No: HPFGUIDX 50449


Tammy:
>  Now, after saying that, I find it interesting that Arthur had to cover
his ears.  If he was a strong enough wizard he might be able >to ignore
their songs.  Does this mean Arthur can't throw off the imperious curse?
This, I believe, will foreshadow at least one of >the Weasleys being
controlled by the imperious curse.


Hrm... I think we've (including my earlier post on this subject) all missed
something important here.  In the first veela encounter before the Quidditch
final, there are a lot of Veela, *singing*.  I'm not entirely certain that
anyone could have resisted, which is why Arthur plugs his ears.  It may be
that willpower has something to do with resisting one veela (or half/quarter
veela) at close range, but we never hear about Fleur singing, and singing
seems to play a large part in their mind control

-Scott