Moody vs Moody

[textualsphinx2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 104898

Cathy wrote:
> I have wondered, for some time, why FakeMoody spend so 
> much time teaching the Unforgivable Curses.  He insisted 
> Harry keep trying to shake off the Imperious curse...put 
> him under it four times until he could get out of it 
> completely.  

Pam wrote: 
> ...And I always was under the impression that the fake moody 
> was "testing" out harry's powers, to see how well (or poorly) he'd 
> respond to the imperious curse, maybe to give voldy a "heads up" on 
> harry, along the lines of: "My Lord--H. seems unusually resistant 
> to the imperious; you may have to try something more intense, at 
> least until he learns occlumency..." (sheer speculation, of course)


There is an interesting subconscious factor here. Barty Crouch the 
younger HATES the Imperius curse above the other Unforgiveables: he's 
had it done to him at his father's hands, for eleven years, and takes 
pride in learning to fight it.  He even notes that his father learned 
to fight it - there's a peculiar emotional intensity about his 
attitude to it (the same can't be said for Crucio).  Although his 
testing of Harry would have been strategic - keeping up the disguise 
and giving Voldemort the lowdown, I wonder if there's some tiny grain 
of existentialist sensibility in him that hates seeing people under 
Imperius *despite* the fact that he uses it without qualms on Victor 
and despite the fact that such a protest is at odds with where his 
loyalties lie.  What's really interesting about Barty Crouch the 
younger is that he has certain 'good' qualities in spades - 
passionately loyal, very clever, a shrewd judge of people ('decent 
people are so easy to manipulate')and even an idea of honour - he 
hates a 'Death Eater who got away' not just because of sour grapes 
but because they were less faithful than he.  And he actually loves 
Voldemort as a father. He wants to be dearer than a son. So all these 
potentially good things in him have been warped by something very, 
very simple - Crouch senior's failure to love his son. (Bring on the 
violins, ok...) It's still an extraordinary characterisation: Barty 
Crouch the younger appears to have sought in Voldemort everything his 
father couldn't/wouldn't give him, and it isn't power or wealth but 
acknowledgement, love and *freedom*.  The opposite (to get back OT) 
of the Imperius curse. Tragic, appalling stuff.  He's by far JKR's 
most brilliant 'minor' character and I can't wait to see the film 
actor sink his teeth into the role - assuming Kloves' script gives 
him the meat.

Are there any fics out there of Barty Crouch the younger's year of 
living dangerously?