Going back to discuss GOF.

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 150063

Lisa:
> Barty Crouch Jr. - needless to say, a very troubled lad. 
My question is- is he really that  smart? because I don't 
think so. He plays an awfully good Mad Eye- I mean, 
going to all  that trouble to win over Harry throughout 
year 4, he really goes out of his way.  
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I honestly don't think Crouch Jr. was capable of getting 
people to like him. I think he was a loner with no sense of 
humor, no self-esteem. Therefore, he did not have the tools 
 to be that convincing.  

Pippin:
Sociopaths like Crouch Jr can be surprisingly convincing,
just as young Riddle was, because, and this is the 
paradox, they don't have any real feelings to get in the
way. If Barty were  capable of any genuine kindness
he'd constantly be aware that he was only acting a part,
but since he isn't, there's no inner critic to sap his
confidence.

Lisa:
> 
> AND ANOTHER THING... The Polyjuice Potion would not give 
them the knowledge/wisdom  of the person they were 
impersonating... right?

Pippin:
Legilimency would give Crouch Jr. access to all of Moody's memories.

Lisa: 
> AND ONE MORE THING... How is it that the greatest wizard 
alive (at the time) did not have  any inkling whatsoever that 
this was a fraud? (referring to DD). 

Pippin:
 It's not clear whether you can actually put someone else's
memories in your mind, but if false memories can be
implanted, why not other people's real ones?

Plus, Moody's paranoia would give him the perfect excuse to
block any attempts by Dumbledore to probe his mind.

Lisa:
> AND, OK, MY LAST AND FINAL ALL CAPS QUESTION... going 
forward to HBP: If the time- turner  was used to save Buckbeak 
and Siruis- why could it not be used to save the only 
> wizard that Voldesnort ever feared?

Pippin:
Because it would make things too easy :) Besides, Dumbledore's
words have to prove out -- that the dead who love us never
truly leave us. 

Pippin