[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore and evil/ Lupin as werewolf

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No: HPFGUIDX 37680

DG: 
> No, I think Dumbledore knows exactly what is going on around him, but
> only reveals his awareness if it suits a purpose or if he is forced to
> by circumstance.

I'd like to agree with you, particularly as you seem to be agreeing with me < 
:-) >, but unfortunately, IIRC, Dumbledore actually tells us that he *didn't* 
know about the Marauders being Animagi. I think there is more to it. I think 
he actually *didn't* know, although he could have, had he thought it 
necessary (which gets into all sorts of complications about how one knows if 
something *is* necessary without knowing it first etc, which takes me back to 
my theory that he is acting to an agenda.)

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Marina, in conversation with Adatole:
>> 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.

I don't think the conversation is terribly specific. Lupin says (PoA, p260, 
UK) that a werewolf is only dangerous to humans, not that it is only humans 
who are in danger of being infected by lycanthropy. He's quite vague, IMO. 
Then he says that his mind seemed less wolfish in their company (and *there* 
is the *why* question, to my mind) and that Sirius and James transformed into 
such large animals that they were able to control him. The transformation we 
*see* however, renders him capable of causing injury to Sirius, which rather 
contradicts the above. I confess myself unable to make sense of the evidence. 
The Wolfsbane potion renders him a 'harmless' wolf, which rather implies it 
would be safe to give him refuge on one's hearth-rug. I wonder if it would? 

Eloise (who quite likes wolves and thinks they've been given a very bad 
press, despite her youngest's favourite story being Little Red Riding Hood.)


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