[HPforGrownups] Crouch as Moody (was: Crouch teaching Unforgivables)

[Ladi lyndi]

No: HPFGUIDX 56833

--- mtwelovett wrote:
> How much Moody
> are we actually seeing
> in GoF? <snip>
> why doesn't Moody "fight" it
> more? Why didn't he
> "teach" Crouch false mannerisms to give himself
> away? (or was he
> acting under the imperious curse and was just
> to weak to be fighting
> it?--is this actually stated somewhere? 

Lynn:

I think we're seeing a lot of Moody in GoF.  As
you pointed out, wouldn't Dumbledore have figured
it out sooner if Crouch, Jr. hadn't been playing
Moody so well?  I get the impression that Moody
was well known as were his eccentricities and
exploits.  This may explain why Crouch, Jr. could
portray him more easily than someone less well
known.  Also, we don't know just how much
interaction there was between Dumbledore and
Crouch, Jr.!Moody.  There may have been
allowances made for some erratic behavior just
because of Moody's eccentricities.  It was when
the behavior was totally out of character that
Dumbledore knew it wasn't the real Moody.  

As for why Moody didn't fight it, he was probably
too weak.  When Moody was found in the trunk,
Dumbledore said that Moody was stunned and being
controlled by the Imperious Curse. (GoF, p. 591
UK)  Add to that the deprivation he would have
been experiencing being locked in the drunk and
it would make someone very weak.  Also, we don't
know what was done to Moody previously.  I could
imagine that he had been subjected to the
Cruciatus Curse quite a few times to bring him to
a very weakened state.

Lynn



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