Motivations for Joining DEs (Was: Bullying)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 141138

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, hells <hells456 at y...> wrote:
> Making
> 
> Geoff Bannister <gbannister10 at t...> wrote:
> Geoff:
> I'd be interested for you to expand on that observation.... 
> 
> Taking Imperius as an example, I can't see that the ability to 
force a 
> person to do what /you/ want is a worthy talent.
> 
> Hells:
> 
> Making a child who is about to run into a road stand still.
> 
> Making a Death Eater who is about to AK someone lower his wand.
>

Geoff:
My take on this is that you would have to first cast an Imperius 
spell and then give an instruction, which might not allow enough time 
to stop the action involved because outside the specific orders of an 
Imperius, the victim would continue doing things normally.

I think a quick "Expelliarmus" would deal with the second case and 
a "Petrificus Totalus" the first. After all, both Neville and Harry 
have certainly been stopped short in their tracks in this way in the 
past.