Imperio! - but who and when?

[Mandy]

No: HPFGUIDX 102570

Kneasy
> <snip>
> > So  who among Harry's support  group is going to be Imperio!ed in
> > (probably) the next book? IMO Ron, poor bugger, is hot favourite.


> Ariana:
> Yes, I would put Ron at the top of a hot list of targets for 
manipulation, blackmail or possession. Aside from anything, the 
effect on Harry when he discovered that his best friend betrayed him 
(even against his will) would be devastating. And the books certainly 
don't hold back from anything devastating to Harry. ;)
> 
> I'm not sure about Imperio, though, as I got the impression that 
spell seems to cause the victim to behave in a dream-like state. On 
the other hand, I think I'm basing my impression on the description 
of what it feels like for the victim, so it must be possible to make 
the victim look normal, or the Death Eaters who used it as a defence 
couldn't have evaded Azkaban!


 Mandy here:
If the victims of the Imperio existed in a dream like state they 
would be very easy to spot and whisked off to St Mungos before they 
could do any harm.

As you say many DE used the 'I was forced to under the Imerio' excuse 
and they got away with it.  So there are no easily recognizable 
symptoms of the curse.  However it will depend on what the victim is 
asked to too.  If a witch/wizard is being forced to do to something 
so out of character their loved ones may begin to suspect something. 
But that's down to the skill of the person inflicting the curse, to 
control another person but make it appear they are still acting with 
the bounds of normalcy.

I think the victim behaves in anyway the aggressor wants them to 
behave.  Instructs them to perform physical tasks and controls their 
emotional state as well.  What power! I can tell you I'm seduced by 
it. Would I be tempted to use it if I had the skill?  Oh, yeah. 

Resisting we know is very hard and rare. It was shown to drive Crouch 
Sr. insane fighting against LV imperio in GoF.  He must have been a 
fighter, and I can't imagine what pain and suffering crouch Sr. was 
under before he died.

As for who's next? Definitely Ron. If anyone is ripe for plucking 
it's him.  Devoted, loyal and most importantly, naively innocent.  
Ron is so willing to blindly follow Harry, that it would be 
unacceptable for anyone to imagine Ron harming Harry in anyway and 
there lies the power in putting him under the Imperious Curse. 

Mandy