Moody!Crouch and defence against Imperius

[khilari2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 95556

Carol wrote:
> I don't know for a fact that Crouch!Moody was lying, but I 
> don't think we should accept his word as undeniable fact given 
> who he was and what he was doing. We should at least consider 
> the possiblilty that he was acting on his own and lying about 
> Dumbledore's permission.
> 
> Do you really think that DD would have told the real Moody, who
> apparently opposed the use of Unforgiveables even on DEs, to 
> Imperio the students? I think it's completely out of character. 
> But then, I don't buy the DD as ruthless puppetmaster theory.
> 
> I don't mean to imply that the real Moody was actually involved 
> here.  I mean the person DD thought was the real Moody. 


He could have been partly telling the truth if DD had said show them 
the Unforgivable Curses but had not said to try the curses on them. I 
think DD must have given some sort of permission or Crouch!Moody 
would have got found out sooner, when the students talked about the 
lesson. If DD had known the lesson was to involve the Unforgivables, 
however briefly, he might not have realised the demonstration went 
further than he had intended.
Or on the other hand DD could be trying to avoid the problems Imperio 
caused in the last war by seeing that these students get a head start 
in fighting it.

Khilari - who doesn't think DD is a ruthless puppetmaster, but does 
think he's only human.