Lupin and the moon

[hfakhro at nyc.rr.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 22165

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ali Wildgoose" <diagonalley_ at h...> wrote:
> Q: "Harry looked up at the sky. Clouds were obscuring the moon 
completely." 
> (435) SO WHAT? The question we have written ourselves hoarse on - 
why didn't 
> Lupin transform before? Surely the transformation isn't dependent 
on being 
> hit directly by the beams of the moon, or else why hadn't Lupin 
simply 
> stayed in a closed room at the time of the full moon to prevent 
> transformation?
> 
> I'm not even going to tuch this one.  It's been discussed to death 
on my 
> message board, as well, nearling driving our resident WolfieTwin 
man.  And 
> at the end of the day we just gave up and dubbed it the PHTMNBN - 
> "Plot-Hole-that-Must-Not-be-Named".  ;P

The point is not that Lupin is outside and hit directly with 
moonlight but rather that "the cloud shifted" so the moon which had 
been previously covered with clouds is now hitting the *earth* 
directly. It doesn't matter whether Lupin is indoors or not, once the 
moon has no obstruction from the clouds he will transform. At least, 
I think that is what JKR is trying to show. If this is so 
inconsistent, then she could have made everything occur much earlier, 
and have Lupin transform just as the moon begins to rise. I think she 
describes the cloud on purpose.