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Flitwick is probably also out as an Imperius candidate, being a former international dueling champion and all.
How are the two connected?
He's more than capable of defending himself, and given that he's probably keyed into the wards at a level just below McGonnagal , it would be a huge security hole if he was easily imperiused.
Flitwick would be beaten in a fight by Quirrelmort, who is both more powerful in raw magic and laughs scornfully at formal dueling rules. He could be taken by surprise as well, or fall into a magical trap, given that Quirrelmort has free access to premises.
Being Imperiused by Quirrelmort isn't the same as being easily Imperiused at all.
Well, given that we're discussing alternatives to Quirrelmort, that doesn't quite apply.
I'd be willing to wager that in MORverse Quirrelmort could imperius even Mc Gonnagal.
I don't get the sense that McGonnagal is unusually powerful or hard to Imperius, anyway. She's just as much of a candidate as Flitwick.
However, since Hermione was terrified to see the (presumed) real face of H&C... The obvious solution seems ever more obvious. (And Eliezer's last two Author's Notes seemed to suggest it as well, but that is just my interpretation. I was wrong when I stated that he "practically confirmed it" earlier.)
Where does Eliezer 'practically' confirm it?
OK, not as much as I seemed to imply. You're right to call me on it (will edited parent comment).
I was thinking about the Author's Notes for the last two chapters talking about how readers disregard the obvious interpretation, how sometimes when something's clear enough there isn't a twist waiting to be revealed, etc. For some reason when I wrote the comment above, my brain turned that (plus the confirmation of a Quirrel-Voldemort connection) into "confirmation of a Quirrel plot behind current events". Sorry.