[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin, the Moon and the Bewitching Hour

[Jennifer Boggess Ramon]

No: HPFGUIDX 32796

At 4:27 PM -0800 1/4/02, Andrew MacIan wrote:
>
>I consider it to be the 'high point' or perilunian of
>the Full.  The question of when the strongest point of
>that cycle is w.r.t. to civil day has been handled
>quite well by Liz in one of her posts.  This strongest
>point would be the one where I would expect a were to
>change.

Here are two explanations, one "in character" and one "out".

In:  The werewolf changes at the exact moment when the moon is full, 
no matter what - if that moment is after sunset fore the werewolf. 
Otherwise, s/he changes as soon as the sun sets after that moment. 
It does not matter whether s/he is bathed in moonlight or not. 
However, the change can be set off earlier if the moon is near-full 
(say, within the traditional three days of the "full" portion of the 
lunar cycle) if the wolf is bathed in direct moonlight.  Since the 
night was cloudy, Lupin didn't think he'd be a danger until the 
moment of the true full moon, but was caught early when the clouds 
broke.  He changes back into a human at dawn, and is sick for a day; 
the cost of the wolfsbane potion is to extend the sick period after 
the night of wolfishness.  The boggart doesn't transform him because 
it doesn't shed enough light; it's too small and not high enough.

Out:  The werewolf transforms at the _dramatically appropriate_ 
moment.  When, exactly, that is varies from month to month.  He is 
then ill for a dramatically appropriate ammount of time afterwards, 
which also varies from month to month.  Lupin, not realizing he's a 
character in a drama, has tried to figure out a pattern to his 
transformations, and has come up with something that does have some 
predictive power, involving timing, moonlight, and the ammount of 
stress he's under - but it doesn't pan out this time because of the 
drama factor.  The boggart doesn't transform him because it's not 
dramatically appropriate.



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