Lupin & the moon-boggart

[pt4ever]

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From: pt4ever
Subject: Re: Lupin & the moon-boggart
Reply To: [Yahoo! #2633] Re: Some more annoying POA Questions...
Date: 6/22/00 9:05 pm  (ET)

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Ah, but this doesn't quite make sense, here. Why is it that it doesn't
make Lupin transform, but it makes Harry hear his mom and dad and
Voldemort - and then pass out? You're right, this is an annoying POA
question.
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Perhaps Lupin has learned to "control" his changing by reminding himself
that it's not a real moon. Harry's so young that he hasn't yet learned how
to make his mind believe that the boggart isn't a real dementor, whereas
Lupin's managed to train himself to know that it's not a real moon.

Or perhaps several conditions must be in place for Lupin to turn into
a werewolf -- i.e., it must be night, it must be a certain time of the
month, the correct phases of the moon must have had to precede the full
moon, etc. Does that make sense?

-- JoAnna