Lupin and a cure for Lycanthropy

[Blaise]

No: HPFGUIDX 2699

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Lisa Rourke" <lmrourke at s...> wrote:

<< Hi.  I'm pretty new to this group so forgive me if this has been 
discussed before. Here goes....something has been bothering me since 
I read books 2 & 3 about Professor Lupin and whether or not there is 
a cure for him.  In CoS (American version) Chapter 10 page 161, Harry 
is acting a werewolf for Lockhart's class.  Lockhart demonstrates 
how "he" cured the Wagga Wagga Werewolf by performing the "immensely 
complex Homorphus Charm".  Then in CoS Chapter 16 Lockhart admits to 
Harry and Ron that he took credit for what other wizards and witches 
had done in order to sell his books.  He mentions that no one would 
want to read about some ugly old Armenian warlock who
saved a village from werewolves (using the Homorphus Charm 
perhaps?).>>  

First of all, there is no reason to believe *anything* that Lockhart 
says, and the Homorphus Charm might well be a little embellishment of 
his to make the story more exciting.  Quite possibly the Armenian 
warlock simply killed a werewolf that was terrorising a village and 
Lockhart played around with the story until it was exciting enough 
for his taste.   

What I actually think is that it's a small plot hole of JKR's (I 
know, it's a boring explanation) and that she just forgot about Lupin 
when writing Lockhart and vice versa.  

She has several werewolf plot holes (which have been driving me crazy 
for months!), like the fact that it seems she has two different types 
of werewolves (c.f. in CoS Riddle saying that Hagrid used to raise 
werewolf cubs under his bed and in PS/SS Ron saying that there are 
wild werewolves in the Forbidden Forest), and Lupin's transformation 
in PoA where he only changes shape when the moon comes out from 
behind the cloud, which is very strange.  

<<Lupin himself says in PoA that when he was bitten as a young boy 
his parents tried everything but back then there was no cure.  
Implying there is one now? (Or maybe there is one now but it only 
works when you're first bitten?)  I would think that even though 
Lockhart is in no position to reveal his sources at the end of book 2 
and the actual person who performed the spell has no memory of it, 
that there would have to be others who could.  Right?  Maybe?>>

I did notice that 'back then' quote, and I wondered whether there 
might be a cure now.  Clearly it's not possible for Remus to use it 
or he would.  

>From a storytelling point of view, I would not like it at all if 
someone managed to cure Remus of lycanthropy.  It would change him so 
much...     


> Any thoughts?  (Can you tell I'm a big Lupin fan ;-)!)

Hurray!  Another Lupinfreak! :-) If you like fanfic (or even if you 
don't), go to http://www.fanfiction.net and find 'Call of the Wild' 
by WolfieTwins, which is the *best* story about Lupin, and has a lot 
about werewolves and their nature in it.  Amongst a great deal of 
other things, it shows Lockhart making a fool of himself trying to 
catch vampires and werewolves... it's very funny and also very 
moving.  A must-read.      

-Blaise, who can't ever resist recommending Call of the Wild to 
anyone.