[HPforGrownups] Re: Why is Lupin afraid of the floating silver orb?

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 26900

Hi Amy!

Saturday, September 29, 2001, 10:03:59 AM, you wrote:

AZ> Which returns us to a very interesting question:  what effect *does* a 
AZ> Boggart have on people?

If Harry's boggart had been He-Who-Must, then would the boggart-Voldy
been able to Avada Kedavra Harry on the spot??

AZ> And what does Lupin's Boggart turn into after he says "Riddikulus"?  
AZ> In PoA 12 Harry sees him forcing the orb back into the box, which 
AZ> seems like a Flint.  Or maybe Lupin's "Riddikulus" breaks down Harry's 
AZ> Boggart but the Boggart instantly turns from some humorous version 
AZ> of a Dementor, whatever that might be, to the moon--Harry is dazed and 
AZ> could well miss something.  Then Lupin forces it into the case without 
AZ> even doing Riddikulus again.

More problematic for me is the boggart in the maze, it turns into a
tangle-footed dementor first, *then* he says "Riddikulus", which
destroys it (without laughter), just the reverse of what it should be.
*That* I think is a genuine Flint.
-- 
Dave