GoF Ch 30 post DH look

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 182182


> 
> Potioncat:
> I'd like to go back and look for all the real!Moody scenes to find 
> out what he was like. It's hard to always remember that the Moody we 
> know best was really Barty.
> 
> But this makes me think that Barty's ferret trick wasn't so out of 
> place, nor the DE-who-walks-free ranting. It could explain why Snape 
> would feel very nervous around Moody. (But geeze---compared to Tom?) 
>

Pippin:
The real Moody is a high-functioning nutcase, just like Tom. It's why
Barty Jr could play his part so successfully. But Snape is always
"on", always in character. At Hogwarts, after all, it is never safe to
assume that you are not observed. He shows his nervousness and
protests too much that he is trusted because that is how a DE who
would join the Dark Side again if it had a leader would act.

Pippin