Goblet of Fire 35: Veritaserum (discuss only this chapter and anything prior)

[Brianna]

no spoilers please

[Brianna]

Was not expecting Mad Eye Moody to be on the dark side! (Because it's not really Moody!)

"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery."

I kind of feel bad for Winky.

That was one elaborate plan!

[Ria]

Brianna wrote: "Was not expecting Mad Eye Moody to be on the dark side! (Because it's not really Moody!)

"Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery."

I kind of..."
I kind of have a crush on Barty Crouch Jr. 'cause his plan was freaking awesome. He's really intelligent, and, well, I would say that intelligence is the new sexy, but that wouldn't be very correct, because intelligence was never not sexy lol Besides, I think David Tennant (who is btw my favourite Doctor) did a great job in the movie!

Also, I've already said this, but I also had a crush on Tom Riddle (before he became snaky Voldemort), so I guess Harry Potter brings out my 'being into bad guys' side... well, more like 'being into super smart bad guys', but yeah. I'm not usually like that lol

[Brianna]

That plan of his was crazy! Like... I'm curious to know how much was HIS idea and how much was Voldemort's.
Another random thought - we are described how Voldemort looks NOW, but I don't really recall anyone describing how he looked before he went after Harry.

[Ria]

That's true! All we have is the description of his young self, (view spoiler)[but that's pre-horcrux. It would have been interesting to see how he changed after each horcrux. Oh, I should add 'horcrux' to my creepy spell out challenge. (hide spoiler)]

[Brianna]

Ria wrote: "That's true! All we have is the description of his young self, [spoilers removed]"

That would be a good word to spell out!

[Ria]

yeah, lots of weird letters lol

[LENA]

Question: Does Harry get his map back?

I couldn't agree more with you ladies! I think Dumbledore phrases our thoughts using the right words: "You see the simplicity of it, and the brilliance." Pity Barty Jr joined the dark side! He could have been the next Dumbledore. His father was such a hypocrite. Pretending all these years, staging all these deaths.

Another question: It took Barty years to start resisting the imperius curse. How did Harry manage to do in a single lesson???? Okay it's obvious Harry is not just a random wizard but I don't think we have been given the impression that he is the best of the best. My first thoughts were that Moody-Barty went easy on him, but then he was able to resist Voldemort as well. I'm confused...

[Brianna]

LENA wrote: "Question: Does Harry get his map back?

I couldn't agree more with you ladies! I think Dumbledore phrases our thoughts using the right words: "You see the simplicity of it, and the brilliance." Pit..."

I think it ties into the fact he was able to resist the killing curse - another one of the Unforgivable Curses.

[Ria]

Oh, Lena, I've never thought about that! I guess Brianna's right. Surviving the Avada Kedavra curse gave him some kind of resistence to the other unforgivable curses as well. It is possible.