[HPforGrownups] Lupin and werewolf's

[Peg Kerr]

No: HPFGUIDX 2729



"Simon J. Branford" wrote:

> Blaise wrote: "So the transformation cannot be triggered by moonlight, but
> by the rising of the full moon.  And the moon was long since risen when
> Remus transformed.  So there's a plot hole, and it's been driving me nuts!"
>
> One possibility is that he transforms automatically on the night of the full
> moon, no matter if he is inside or anything else is blocking out the
> moonlight. If it is close to the full moon then being in moonlight triggers
> the transformation.
>
> The first point explains why he had to go to the shack, when he was a child,
> in the first place. On the night of the full moon he would transform into 'a
> monster'.
> The night in the Shrieking Shack is then explained by it being an example of
> the second of my points above. I am not sure, and have not checked, but I
> believe that we are not told that the night in question is a full moon.
>

Maybe the potion that Snape has been giving him makes some kind of difference?
During the critical time in PoA, Lupin has gotten only part of the full course
of potion doses he was supposed to get.  The effect of the potion that Lupin
does mention is that it allows him to keep his mind during transformation--but
perhaps it also lessens the transformation itself, so that he only changes if he
is in direct moonlight?

(This is, as you can imagine, really just a wild guess, and I imagine it's not
fooling anyone.)

Peg