Animagi, Hedwig and Forbidden Forest

[bboy_mn]

No: HPFGUIDX 42551

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "kangasboy" <pat_mahony at h...> wrote:

Roo Replies:
> On a completely different topic, bboy_mn wrote:
> "the werewolves in the forest are older experienced werewolves. 
> . .Lupin on the other hand is a 12 year old schoolboy. . .
> Does that cover it?"
> 
> I suppose so, but I still don't fully believe that there are 
> werewolves in the Forest. . . The whole concept of the forest as 
> has been presented to us seems far too much of a cliche, for 
> Rowling's standards. . . No, I think there is something much 
> more important to do with the forest, other than a plot device.
> 
> Roo

bboy_mn responds:
Then were are the werewolves if not in the forest. Werewolves are
feared and they can be killed and they are not well like, so if I was
a werewolf, I would prefer to live in the forest, rather than die in
the streets of London.

The Forbidden Forest is in a magical geography of it's own just like
Diagon Alley exist in a separate magical reality. Just as we don't
have to account for the space of Diagon Alley within the normal
boundaries of London, we do not have to account for the size of the
forest within the normal boudaries of Scotland. My vision of the
forest is that it is HUGE, REALLY HUGE; it has to be huge in order to
be a wildlife sanctuary for all those animals. I mean a gaint three
headed dog needs a lot of space to roam.

So I think, if you got on a broom and started flying over the
Forbidden Forest you would discover that it goes on for a hundred
miles or more in every direct (well, at least 3 directions). In a
magical forest that vast, given that there are centaurs, hyppogryphs,
unicorn, a colony of giant spiders, and who know what all else, it
doesn't seem that unlikely that a few werewolves would take refuge there. 

I agree, that the magic forest is much more than we have been lead to
believe so far, and we will see this greater aspect of it in future books.

Of course, I can't actually prove that there are werewolves in there,
and in the story it is presented as a rumor, and never really
confirmed or denied by anyone. So we'll have to wait and see.

bboy_mn