Lupin the werewolf (Was Re: Krum the shark (Was Animagi))

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 37672

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "adatole" <adatole at y...> wrote:

> Sirius and/or Lupin specifically state in PoA that Lupin was much 
> more controllable when with his friends in animal form, 

Yeah, but the question is, *why*?  The only explanation I can think of
is that werewolves turn into some special magical kind of wolf whose
instincts are different from a regular wolf's.

> Also, to answer a long-past question, Sirius states specifically in 
> that same section that as animals they were immune to the effects of 
> the werewolf's bite. 

They were immune to becoming werewolves themselves, yeah.  But they
wouldn't be immune to having their throats torn out.

Marina
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