[HPforGrownups] Question about Boggarts (WAS: About Werewolves)

[Sherry Garfio]

No: HPFGUIDX 48233

I have a question about the nature of Boggarts.  During Lupin's class, the
Boggart turns into the full moon when Lupin confronts it (it's described as a
silver orb or some such at this point, to obfuscate the fact that Lupin is a
werewolf).  Later, Lupin uses the Boggart to present Harry with a Dementor in
order to practice the Patronus charm.  This fake Dementor has the same effect
on Harry as a real Dementor, so it works very well as an exercise.  He even has
to eat chocolate to shake off the effects.

My question, then, is this:  If Harry is affected as though the Boggart were a
real Dementor, why isn't Lupin affected as though the Boggart were the real
moon?

I could speculate that a Dementor is a being while the moon is an object, so
the Boggart!Dementor would have a greater presence than the Boggart!moon.  But
it seems to me that the light of the full moon has some sort of magical effect
on werewolves that causes them to transform, just as Dementors have some sort
of magical effect that causes people around them to relive their worst
memories.  If the Boggart can mimic the Dementors' magical effects when it
transforms into one, then why can't it mimic the moon's magical effects as
well?

Dazed and confused.

- Sherry


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