Lupin, the Moon and the Bewitching Hour (WAS TAGS and moonlight )

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No: HPFGUIDX 32745

cindysphynx wrote:
> A fabulous additional benefit of Mahoney's theory is that it neatly 
> explains Lupin's failure to transform when the boggart turns into 
the 
> moon.  The boggart can turn into the moon all it wants to, but it 
is 
> not the bewitching hour, so Lupin doesn't have to be concerned 
about 
> transforming.  Recall how Lupin vanquishes the boggart moon "almost 
> lazily?"  He isn't concerned because he knows he won't transform 
> because it is not the sight of the moon, his fear of the moon, or 
> anything else connected only with the moon that makes him 
transform.  
> It is the bewitching hour *coupled with* the moon.

Hey!  You're right!  I'd forgotten about that.  Just because the 
witching hour might be necessary for transformation doesn't negate 
the fact that the moon is the embodiment of Lupin's greatest fear; it 
just means that so long as he gets over the primal fear, the gut 
reaction to freeze upon sight of the moon, it's easier to rationalize 
around his fear and become quite nonchalant about the boggart/moon.

%-)  <--- that's me, really glad that my pet theory works on some 
level.  lol.  That doesn't often happen.

Mahoney