Moody,Hagrid, Sinistra, Perkins, and whatnot

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 60191

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kadoo96801 at a... wrote:
>> ----Pertaining to GoF...Someone posted very recently about keeping 
the real 
> Moody alive, because the Polyjuice Potion would not have worked for 
Barty 
> Crouch Jr....but this got me thinking and the question i have is
>                      
>                     Why couldn't the real Moody fight the Imperius 
Curse?
> 
> "I packed up Moody's clothes and Dark detectors, put them in the 
trunk with 
> Moody, and   
>     set off for Hogwarts.  I kept him alive, under the Imperius 
Curse." 
> -Barty Crouch Jr. (U.S. edition, pg. 689)
> 
> In other instances where we hear about the Imperius curse, it seems 
that it 
> is not that incredibly difficult to fight off for a powerful 
wizard.  Isn't 
> Moody a powerful wizard?
> 
> Obviously, we know Harry as a youngin' learned to fight the curse 
after three 
> or four tries, and Barty Crouch Jr. was able to fight off the 
curse.  It 
> seems to me that Mad-eye Moody, being the incredible Auror that he 
is, should have 
> been able to fight off one of the three Unforgivable Curses the DEs 
used so 
> often.  I just think it's odd that he couldn't escape the very 
thing he wanted 
> to fight, as well as not being able to get out of his own magical 
trunk.  I 
> don't really know if it's significant or not, but possibly Alastor 
Moody is not 
> really as powerful as we think he is.
> 

It might not be that Moody is so weak, but that Harry is that strong 
when it comes to force of will. Also remember that Crouch Jr. was 
under the Imperious Curse for nearly nine years. (Longbottom incident 
was about 3 years after LV's mishap, and according to Sirius, he 
spent about a year in Azkaban befor his parents pulled the switch.) 
With that much time he should be able to break free. 

Actually, i'm wondering if the Imperious Curse needs renewing or if 
it generaly lasts for a good long time once it sticks. Harry fights 
it off when it hits, Crouch Sr. fights it off in a couple months. But 
Couch Jr. speaks of breif moments of near freedom cumulating in his 
theft of Harrys wand. Even knowing the curse had broken Crouch Sr. is 
unable to regain control of his son, though I have to believe that he 
tried. Maybe its possible to build up an immunity to the curse...

~Calimora (Who also thinks Sinistra is probably sinister, and that 
not enough attention is being payed to possible future DEs in 
Ravenclaw. Afterall, knowledge is power.)