#imperious curse

Chapters: 8/8 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Harry Potter/Tom Riddle, Harry Potter & Tom Riddle, Abraxas Malfoy & Tom Riddle, Death & Harry Potter Characters: Tom Riddle, Harry Potter, Death (Harry Potter), Abraxas Malfoy, Horace Slughorn, Albus Dumbledore Additional Tags: Time Travel, Time Travel Fix-It, Master of Death Harry Potter, Ravenclaw Harry Potter, Harry Potter is Lord Peverell, Riddle at Hogwarts Era, Sane Tom Riddle, Wandlore (Harry Potter), Wandmaking (Harry Potter), Wandmaker Harry Potter, I don't know if I would call it this necessarily but, Morally Grey Harry Potter, he's on a mission and he's going about it in an unusual way, Unforgivable Curses (Harry Potter), this fic isn't dark even though the tags look a little sketchy, Chronic Illness, Happy Ending, POV Alternating, Non-Linear Narrative, Magically Powerful Harry Potter, Harry has some mental health issues but he's trying, The Deathly Hallows, Blood Curses | Blood Malediction (Harry Potter), Getting Together Summary:

There was another student here.

Tom recognized him vaguely—while transfer students were not necessarily uncommon due to the war, they were rare enough to at least make an impression. This particular transfer student was in his year, sorted into Ravenclaw after an impressively long hat stall. He looked like he might be descended from the Potter line, but he did not share the surname so his lineage was of no particular interest to Tom. Nothing about him was of particular interest to Tom, in fact, and yet here he stood, holding the book that Tom had come here to find.

It would be a good time to turn away. The Restricted Section was restricted for a reason—only books documenting extremely dangerous or extremely advanced magic were stored here.

Tom’s feet, however, suddenly felt as if they were made of lead. It wasn’t magic keeping him tied down, but something far more mysterious like curiosity or even fate. In any case, the delay was all it took for the Ravenclaw to lift his chin and meet Tom’s eyes.

This is actually a very interesting premise. I have no knowledge of any of these so called tik tok dances, so if you merely imperio me and bid me do the dances, I truly cannot. I cannot imperious an illiterate to read. The action has to be within the bounds of their capabilities.

I am also able to throw off the Imperious curse.

Oh yes I am indeed breaching this subject right here right now. Why? Because I now remember a comment I saw on Reddit about its use as a Date-Rape drug and how it isn´t that bad. I of course disagreed and it bothered me how someone thinks love potions is okay because the person is “in love” when it is used. That they wouldn´t be bothered by the use of a love potion after it is out of their system.

The love potions in Harry Potter are of variating potencies but the few instances it has been mentioned or used I still can not find it funny or excusable to use. Let us put it into perspective. 

Person 1 is sad/angry that the person they like doesn´t see them the way they want to be perceived. Person 1 then makes a consumable to feed Person 2 to force them to see Person 1 in the light they want them to. Person 2 had no chance to say no and gets feeling of infatuation for Person 1. Person 1 of course takes their chance and does whatever they want with Person 2. Person 2 eventually gets the consumable out of their system and remembers how they had no say in any of the whole ordeal and wasn´t even able to say “No” due to the consumable. Person 2 then is stuck with a weird situation with Person 1 where they remember strong feelings of “love” but also doesn´t really care for the person and might even be horrified of them. Nobody really takes Person 2 and/or their feelings seriously.

Did you notice how messed up that story is? Well change the word “consumable” with “love potion” and now it is suddenly okay in the wizarding world. Oh wait, how do we even know it wasnt okay from the beginning.

You can´t tell me that the use of a love potion can´t scar a person for life! Tom Riddle Senior was “in love” for ages and he panicked and left when he realized that he had been taken advantage of and forced into a relationship by someone who can´t accept a “No”. You can´t tell me he wont be negatively affected by knowing that his feelings didn´t matter to Merope Gaunt and that he was forced into parent hood. His experience with making Tom Jr. might be drowned with false happiness but he still knows what happened. He had every right to run away from his “responsibilities”. 

Poor Ron was under the potion and suddenly was “in love” with a girl named Romilda Vane. Romilda was willing to force somebody to “love” her. I dread to think about what she was planning. Would she have used it as a date-rape drug on Harry (who she initially wanted to use the potion on with chocolates) or would she have used it to get a boyfriend that had no say if he wanted to break up or not?

How is this type of potion not illegal in the British wizarding world yet? Why is only Hogwarts taking other peoples feelings into consideration? Why does Weasley´s Wizard Wheezes even sell them disguised as perfume or cough potions? Unless they are active for about 5 minutes or less I dont see how they can be used as a humane pranking item. The imperious curse is illegal because it forces the weilder´s will upon them, the love potion does the same thing but it lasts for 24 hours unless an antidote is given or the victim freaking dies. 

Much like Harry Potter himself I have never been relaxed in my life

The curse makes you relaxed so you don’t think anything is wrong

If I don’t think anything is wrong, then something is most definitely wrong

In conclusion i am simply