Werewolf Appearance

[lupinesque]

No: HPFGUIDX 32410

"mullsym255" <tracym255 at a...> wrote:

> just what does a werewolf look like when it 
> transforms? I've obviously seen various different versions in 
movies, 
> and most seem to show that a werewolf is essentially a wolfish man 
> (ie walks upright on two feet). But is this what were supposed to 
> believe Lupin looks like? I seem to think that we're supposed to 
> believe he looks like a real wolf (ie walking on all fours). 
> Especially from that clue that he's able to "curl up" in his office 
> after taking the wolfsbane potion. 

I've seen the wolfish-man type of werewolf in movies too, but the only 
werewolf movies I've seen have been the Grade Z variety where the 
special effects budget is $5.74 (whatever the director found in his 
couch that a.m., I suspect) and they're lucky to have a hand puppet to 
communicate a wolfish sort of thing.  They can't show the entire 
transformation from man to wolf nor a wolf running around, so they 
don't.

>From the "curl up" reference, the scene where he transforms, and most 
definitively from the fine points that distinguish true wolves from 
werewolves (as supplied by Hermione when Snape subs in DADA), it seems 
that he looks just like a wolf.  However, from both PoA and Fantastic 
Beasts and Where to Find Them we know that werewolves don't act like 
real wolves in that they actively seek out human prey; real wolves are 
generally very shy of people.  Guess Hermione didn't get around to 
mentioning that. ;-)

Amy Z

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