Where Crouch Jr. erred (was: Re: Fake!Moody's attack on Draco)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 113860

> DuffyPoo:
> snip
>   DD and Snape may have known that Mad-Eye didn't resort to killing 
> unless he had no other choice but it's doubtful any of the rest of 
> the teachers knew that.  Why would they?  IMO I think Moody's 'but 
I 
> thought a good sharp shock -- ' line was perfect.  Keep in mind 
that 
> what Moody AND Crouch, Jr hate more than anything is a DE who 
walked 
> free.  
 
> Potioncat:
> But I don't think the real Moody would have done it.  Draco, 
> afterall, isn't a DE who walked free. (At least not yet.)

Finwitch:

Well - Fake!Moody also said something like 'I don't like people who 
attack when their opponent's back is turned' - suits well for a 
supposedly paranoid Moody, huh?

I think the real Moody might have transfigured Draco into a ferret 
(to save Harry! Paranoid as he is!), but not resorted to kicking the 
ferret afterwards! Then again, who knows?

But two things that, to my mind, could bring out doubts:

1) The first lesson! Sure, we can believe that Auror knows how to 
cast the unforgivables (besides, Crouch Sr. authorised them to do 
so!) in the first place. We can believe that Moody shows them in 
class on Spiders. BUT, I do NOT think that Moody would have needed 
Hermione to tell him when to stop that Cruciatus for Neville's sake! 
It seems Crouch Jr. has this fault: he can't stop hurting people (or 
poor little spiders) unless he's stopped. Particularly with 
Cruciatus! Same for just about any DE holds true; Voldemort, how 
ever, CAN and DOES stop it himself.

2) The stuck-in-the-staircase incident. Crouch Jr. did not, IMO, 
behave like Moody would have. Real Moody would have *at least* 
scolded Harry for getting stuck in a stair out of carelessness, with 
several mentions about people trying to kill him! (and about 
elementary wand-safety, but none of us could know that until OotP)

Finwitch