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

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 37684

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "marinafrants" <rusalka at i...> wrote:
> --- 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.

Hmm... I think it'd be *more* to do with wolf-instincts of a true 
wolf. A wolf doesn't normally attack except under run-or-fight 
situation, being rabid or hunting. The difference between werewolves 
and real ones is specific: Werewolves hunt *only* humans, true wolves 
hunt big prey but preferably not humans.

Wolves are pack-animals. Moony saw the Marauders as his *pack*, 
particularly another canine, Padfoot. A wolf in a pack isn't likely 
to leave the pack. That's what gave their mere being there the 
ability to "control" Moony - possibly even with Prongs as the pack-
leader, so Moony would obey instinctively.

> > 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.

Except that werewolves only hunt humans. They formed a pack - and 
wolves don't attack pack-mates. And, if Prongs was leader and Padfoot 
second, controlling Moony was in line with wolf-instinct.

--Finwitch