Was Crouch Junior a DE? (was Re: ESE!Fudge)

[ohneill_2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 113618

mhbobbin:

> When Crouch!Moody is at Hogwarts, isn't he acting under his own 
> power not under the Imperius Curse? He wears out the Imperius Curse 
> that Crouch Senior had placed him under--by the time of the World 
> Cup--and when LV shows up, Crouch Senior is put under the Imperius 
> Curse. But no longer Crouch Junior.
> 

Now Cory:

This thread has gotten a little hard to follow because there are too 
many theories being discussed at once.  Let me explain what I was 
getting at.

Someone earlier in the thread (I think it was Bookworm, but possibly 
not -- I apologize if I'm mixing posters up)...but someone theorized 
that Crouch Junior might have been placed under Imperius by Bagman 
when he was at Hogwarts.  The implication being that he was in fact 
*not* acting under his own power while he was there...and if you want 
to take the argument a step further, it might also be true that he 
was in fact innocent of his original charges, and in fact not a DE at 
all.  (This is the argument others have made, not my own -- I think 
it's interesting, but am not sure I'm sold on it.)

Hannah then pointed out that his confession in GOF was made while 
under the influence of Veritaserum, and thus had to be true.  My 
point is that, if you buy into the earlier argument (that Crouch was 
in fact under Imperius at Hogwarts, either by Bagman or possibly by 
Fudge), then it *might* be possible that it was Imperius that caused 
him to say what he said, and not the Veritaserum at all.

I apologize if I've mis-attributed or mis-represented anyone's 
theory.  I'm just trying to explain my own point.

--Cory