Harry and the Crucio. W as: Bellatrix and the Crucio

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No: HPFGUIDX 94931

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "delwynmarch" <delwynmarch at y...> wrote:

> It wouldn't have changed anything. As Bellatrix says, Harry doesn't 
> have enough sadism in him to make the Crucio really work.
> 
> Del, who is puzzled by Imperioed Viktor Cruciating Cedric, but 
> supposes that the necessary sadism came from Crouch!Moody through 
> the Imperius link.

There's a small but maybe important difference between sadism and
having the concentrated intent to cast a spell that causes pain. 
It might be misleading to take Bella's words at face value; she was,
after all in the middle of a fight with an inexperienced wizard  who
had never tried a Crucio! before. He might get lucky and make it work,
but why not put doubts  in his mind to distract him? Not that there
was much need - how often has Harry got a spell to work properly
first time?

Unlike Harry, Krum went to a school that is renowned for concentrating
on Dark Magic. He is also in his final year(s) at school. It's no surprise
that he could Crucio! Cedric. 

Remember that  Crouch!Moody tells Harry's  class that they are  being
shown the Forbidden Curses early - that normally they would have to
wait until  their sixth year before they saw them demonstrated. This
means that it was a part of the curriculum - does that make the
teacher that performs the demonstration a sadist?

Kneasy