Wolsfbane - Draco's Marks

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No: HPFGUIDX 17342

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Catlady <catlady at w...> wrote:
> Monika wrote:
> > Lupin must take the wolfsbane potion over a period of time
> > to keep his mind during that one night, he still transforms
> > into a wolf, but he is harmless.
> 
> I can't figure out from canon how often (during the 'the week, 
preceding
> the
> full moon') Lupin has to take the Wolfsbane Potion. I don't 
understand
> why it is named Wolfsbane Potion -- if it is made out of Wolfsbane, 
why
> isn't it poisonous to werewolves, and if it is not made out of
> Wolfsbane, why isn't named Wolfsblessing Potion instead, being as 
how it
> HELPS the poor werewolves. 

It helps the human part of the werewolf, but it *is* a bane on the 
wolf part, since it prevents the human to completely change into 
wolf. It actually prevents the most important change - that of the 
mind. Also, as a consequence, the werewolf is not driven to bite 
other humans, which puts an end to the the infection being spread. 
Again - bane on the wolf, no?


> Meanwhile, the quote that always comes up on this topic is Lucius 
to
> Draco at the beginning of CoS: "I would have thought you'd be 
ashamed
> that a girl of no wizard family beat you in every exam," -- if 
Hermione
> is the ONLY person who beat Draco in exams, he must be brighter 
than
> suggested by his 'not very witty witticisms'  (yay, Naama!) and the
> general idiocy of praising the Dark Lord's comeback out in public 
on the
> Hogwarts Express
> 

I agree that the quote does point to Draco's being at least an 
above-average student. (Although it doesn't follow that he is second 
only to Hermione. There may be other students who got better grades, 
but who are wizard-born).


Naama