Harry Draco and bathroom.

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 162764

> > Eggplant wrote:

> > Victor Crumb, just a boy, used the spell effectively against 
> > Cedric Diggory and he was not helpless downed or distracted.


zanooda:

This is not a very good example, because Cedric and Viktor did not 
fight. Krum "crept up behind" Cedric, who barely had time to turn 
around, which can be considered "distracted". Besides, Cedric woudn't 
expect anything like this from Krum, because Cedric "thought he was 
all right" (p. 627 US)

> Carol:

> But it's also possible that Viktor has never cast the curse before, 
> and it's the Imperius Curse--Crouch!Moody's will and malice 
> overwhelming Viktor's own will--that caused him to do it.


zanooda:

I like Krum and I really hope Carol is right and he never Crucio'd 
anyone before, even a spider. We are shown in the books that people 
under Imperius curse can do things that they cannot do in their 
normal state. 

Neville "performed a series of quite astonishing gymnastics" when 
Fake!Moody demonstrated the curse on him. Same goes for Rosmerta. I 
really doubt she ever learned and practiced the Imperius curse in her 
life. However, after being put under the curse herself, she Imperio'd 
Katie Bell quite successfully.