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

[Irene Mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 48235


> >sherry wrote:
> >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?

Maybe Dementors have psychological effect and so can be simulated by
Boggart,
but Lupin's physical transformation is triggered by cycles of the *real*
moon.
So seeing Boggart as a full moon won't start the transformation, it's just a
handy symbol of his fears.

Irene