[HPforGrownups] Theory: Writing GoF

[RoxyElliot at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 144850

<<I believe she originally intended Mad-Eye Moody to actually BE  
Moody, not Barty Crouch Jr. on Polyjuice. There are an awful lot of  
remarks Moody makes and things he does which are difficult to explain  
away as Polyjuice!Moody.  >>
 
I disagree.  I think Barty Jr. is able to pull off Moody so well  because, 
like Moody, he's a guy on the edge.  Everyone at Hogwarts,  including Moody's 
close friend Dumbledore, recognizes that Moody has serious  mental and emotional 
issues.  Barty doesn't seem to have a dead on  impression of Moody, but his 
own reckless behavior matches what Moody's peers  have come to expect.
 
<<Consider his kindness to Neville after the Unforgivable 
Curse  DADA class – if this was Polyjuice!Moody merely wanting Neville 
to get the  book on magical water plants, he could have come up with a 
more forthright  way to do so.>>
 
He's being manipulative.  Barty can't be more direct or people  would figure 
out what he's up to.  It's not like he can tell Neville to  help Harry cheat.
 
<<There is no reason for a Death Eater to 
teach Harry how to  RESIST the Imperious Curse >>
 
Moody has to seem like he's on Harry's side in order to get close to  him.  
He has to earn Harry's trust.  Also I don't think he actually  taught Harry how 
to resist anything.  Harry has a natural ability to resist  curses.
 
<<Why bother annoying 
Lucius Malfoy, a fellow DE, by  Transfiguring and assaulting his son?>>
 
There's nothing Barty Jr. hated more than a death eater who went  free.  He 
hated Malfoy and others like him who'd managed to get out of  being punished.
 
 
 
CGG
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