I didn't remember that Victor was Imperio'ed in the Maze. I thought it was just the Maze - silly me.
That bugged me, too. I missed it if Crouch!Moody admitted it later. If you could tell someone was imperio'ed by lack of iris & pupils, the Ministry would not have had such a hard time telling who was under the curse during the first war. Crouch!Moody only said you could see tell-tale signs in their eyes if the person was fighting it.
Having the maze itself attack the champions was an okay shift, if only because having Harry wonder about why he's not getting attacked is boring visually. The Sphinx was a cool idea in the book, but didn't lend enough to the plot to be worth the effort to create the creature. (Plus, Harry answering a riddle & not getting attacked is difficult to make exciting compared to the rest.)
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Date: 2005-11-20 04:16 pm (UTC)That bugged me, too. I missed it if Crouch!Moody admitted it later. If you could tell someone was imperio'ed by lack of iris & pupils, the Ministry would not have had such a hard time telling who was under the curse during the first war. Crouch!Moody only said you could see tell-tale signs in their eyes if the person was fighting it.
Having the maze itself attack the champions was an okay shift, if only because having Harry wonder about why he's not getting attacked is boring visually. The Sphinx was a cool idea in the book, but didn't lend enough to the plot to be worth the effort to create the creature. (Plus, Harry answering a riddle & not getting attacked is difficult to make exciting compared to the rest.)