When?

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 118656


Kneasy wrote:
> So, I may be wrong but I've got a reasonable excuse for differing.
> 
> I really hope that  this missing Imperio! isn't another little 
wrinkle 
> somewhere in the murky obscurity  of GH  and the missing 24 hours. 
Oh, 
> dear. That'd be verging on the unfair IMO. One miniscule hint and 
then 
> presenting it as a key part of the eventual explication is liable 
to 
> cause mutterings from the back of the audience.
> 
> Time to scour the canon - again. Are there any passages were it 
looks 
> as if Harry's behaviour is not what one would expect given the 
> circumstances? And where this is repeated so it could be 
considered a 
> trend? Can't think of any off-hand.

Hannah: The problem I have with the idea that maybe Harry's been 
imperio'd at some other time without knowing it, is that the 
narrative is from Harry's point of view.  If Harry didn't know he'd 
been imperio'd (and I'm sure we'd have heard about it if he did), 
then I don't think the narrator would either.  Also, if Harry had 
felt that mind-numbing sensation at any point during canon, it would 
have said as much, I think.  

There's only one point in canon that I can think of when Harry may 
have been acting under imperio/ imperio-like process, that hasn't 
already been posted, and that's at the end of PS/SS, when 
QuirrelMort asks him to 'come here' and Harry obeys.  This may be 
movie contamination, as in the film it makes it look as if he walks 
over against his will.  In the book it doesn't say either way.  But 
I suppose it is a possibility? 

It also depends on the interpretation.  With the veela thing, I 
don't think anyone's sugggesting that they are actually 
using 'imperio,' just that their presence naturally exerts a similar 
effect, at least on men.  Does JKR mean he's felt that specific 
spell's effect on three occasions, or is she referring to the mind-
numbing feeling in general?  Or is she just having trouble with her 
maths again?

Although the conspiracy therorist in me hates to admit it, I think 
the 'three times' must be a FLINT.  

Hannah