C!M and Imperius (was: How did Snape know?)

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 113619

Kemper wrote:
> I agree with Pippin that the entire school knew of Harry throwing 
> off the Imperius curse.  It is too bad-ass not to discuss with 
> one's teenage peers or even a close professor or head of house.
> As to why didn't C!M tell LV... I agree with another poster that
> they both seem to be in regular contact.  But I think that C!M 
> intentionally withheld the Imperius information to make it an 
> interesting fight with LV. C!M seems excited when Harry throws off 
> the curse.

> Hardback US edition, p232.
> Every sentence ends in exclamation points!  C!M is excited about 
> Harry fighting, resisting.  Crouch Jr. seems to be the type who 
> wants the fight, that's part of the thrill.

Yb's turn:
I'm not sure C!M wanted to make it an "interesting fight" between LV 
and HP. I think the Imperius curse in the graveyard was a spur-of-
the-moment thing LV was doing to show off. He didn't have the 
original charm he had before, and his followers were probably 
wondering if this sort-of human was really the LV they had feared 
and worshipped. He was showing off to prove he was the more powerful 
wizard, that Harry's past /two/ escapes were simply luck. Had C!M 
known LV was going to use an Imperius, he would certainly have 
mentioned the fact that Potter was adept at shaking it off.

And why was C!M so darn psyched about HP throwing it in the first 
place? Because he (C!M) spent 12 years under it! I would imagine he 
liked using it on his father, as vengeance, but he probably HATES 
that curse, absolutely HATES it. Harry could shake it, quite easily 
and we know C!M is a VERY powerful wizard, so throwing his Imperius 
off would be a huge deal, not only to the students, but to C!M as 
well. C!M would of course be excited. Harry can NEVER be controlled 
the way he was, and C!M would probably never wish that on his worst 
enemy, to be held prisoner that way. (Well, maybe his father...)
It could almost be a jealousy thing, too: Harry didn't require 12 
years to shake the curse, he needed more like 12 seconds. 

~Yb