When did Draco Imperius Rosmerta? (was: Re: CHAPDISC: hbp12, Silver and Opals)

[Sydney]

No: HPFGUIDX 149726


> But you've raised another important point: Rosmerta is Imperiused 
> well enough that Dumbledore, who tells Harry that he's been spending 
> time at the Three Broomsticks to cover those times he actually 
> leaves the area, doesn't catch it.  Again, if Draco had the 
> neccessary skill (developed over a two month crash course, remember) 
> it would make him a pretty formidable wizard.


Yeah, this is where it makes me go, uh...  I don't really have a dog
in this fight, because I'm not a big Draco fan and the Imperious Curse
doesn't bother me as much as say, Crucio would.  It just seemed to jar
with the structural stuff of Draco as a wannabe, that, oh, he can't
kill anyone properly but he can preform this immensely subtle advanced
Dark curse over a protracted period and at a distance, like Barty
Crouch Jr.or something.  

I mean, what did Draco's murder attempts consist of?  Sending someone
jewerly, poisoning fine wine, and, uh, repairing furniture.  What is
he, Martha Stewart?  Draco putting down Rosmerta with a cruel comic
song set to a Gilbert and Sullivan tune, yes;  Draco with the fiendish
focus to control her from a distance for weeks... not so much. 
'Focused' is about the last word I would use for Draco throughout HBP.


-- Sydney, apologizing to Magpie for disrespecting Draco..