More Polydoubts

[errolowl]

No: HPFGUIDX 53209




I theorized: 
Moody is in a pretty bad way when they find him – thin, starved
and freezing. None of this affected Barty Jr. did it? So the original 
suffering injury likely had no effect on the pretender. Harry and Ron 
feel no effect from the drugging of Crabbe and Goyle either. If 
instead of a sleeping draught they had simply hit them over the head, 
cartoon style, would Polyjuiced!Harry & Ron have bumps on their heads 
too? <grin>....the victims of polyjuice we know to date have been 
disabled in a non-physical way. I tend to think you get a version of 
the person as of the moment you "stole" some of their
essence. Which is why Barty would have had to set aside his supply of 
MoodyHair before Moody became thin & starved


Morgan D:
Yeah, but didn't Crabbe and Goyle got drugged before Ron and Harry got
samples of their hair? Wouldn't they have felt groggy then?

Me:
I guess you get only the external physical attributes of that person
– not the physiological. Thus you wouldn't get either the
starved feeling nor the groggy feeling/ unconsciousness...however you 
would get a bump on the head and the thin appearance – does that
make 
sense? Externally you are a replica of the original person, but you 
are still you inside (you keep your own mind and identity right?) So 
I suppose that if the original had a skin rash, youd have it too
– but if the person had an upset stomach I doubt the replica
would get that as well. :)

And David wrote:
> I agree that the timescale is very tight for the whole Moody kidnap 
> sub-plot, and it stretches credibility. Why did Voldemort leave it 
> so late? However, perhaps the wording of Crouch's confession may 
> just indicate his very strong identification with Voldemort and his 
> gang. So, we can interpret this passage along the lines 
> of: "Wormtail and I kidnapped Moody. We the conspirators had 
> already prepared the potion."

Morgan:
Yeah, that could work. I doubt it was what JKR had in mind when she
wrote those lines, but your interpretation would save her from my
accusing math. Good point.

Me:
No I don't doubt it. I think JKR had just that in mind when she
wrote it. Crouch Jr uses "we" throughout to align himself with
Voldmort so this would not be an aberration. The potion was already 
prepared by the bad guys – Wormtail and Crouch Jr overpowered
Moody, and Jr added Moody's hair to the pre-prepared portion. 

Errol.