The Imperius Virus Again

[ornadv]

No: HPFGUIDX 144367

>Neri:
>Which is why it would be much preferable, strategically, to attack
>the whole population than elite groups like the Order or the Aurors.
>After they would find themselves isolated in the middle of hostile
>population imperiousing everybody around it will be much easier to
>dispatch of such groups using more conventional methods.

>Resisting the Imperius curse is a bit like the action of anti-virus
>programs in RL, but as we know such programs can lose the fight if
>the virus spreads fast enough.


Orna:
Are you sure the Imperius curse is such a trivial spell? We know 
that the other "unforgivables require some maliciousness, and intent 
of hurting, and enjoying it. Harry isn't able to throw an effective 
Crucio curse, even on wizards he hates. 
It's true, that Rosmerta imperiuses Kathie – but Kathie is a 
schoolgirl, and even though she is imperiused - she fails 
to "deliver the goods". You might argue that the necklace just 
dropped from her hands, but you can also imagine the curse not being 
fully effective in making her guarding the packet until she arrived 
at Hogwarts. 
What I'm trying to say is that as I understand it, there has to be 
some evilness in order for a dark curse to take place effectively. 
Therefore innocent people wouldn't stay imperiused by "third degree" 
curses, and certainly not for a long time. 

Another point – do you think it would satisfy Voldemort's hunger for 
power to have a mass imperiused army abiding him? He does use 
inferi, that's true. But I think he derives some satisfaction with 
being served willfully or at least consciously. He doesn't imperious 
his DE – although he crucios them. There is some illusion of loyalty 
in the way the DE are for him. So I think that just being held in 
power by a community of imperiused wizards wouldn't be very 
satisfying for him. He craves recognition for his grandiose image, 
and he would want to have it from near-independent wizards – not 
puppets. Of course he enjoys humiliating and using certain wizards 
under the imperius curse, but eliminating in effect the whole wizard 
community – I'm not sure.

And – don't you think that hundreds of Imperius curses flying in the 
air might act in some unforeseen way, rebounding, getting twisted.

But perhaps I'm just chilled by this scene of mass-infection by 
Voldemort. 

Orna, checking again her anti-virus, just in case.