[HPforGrownups] Lupin and the Moon-a new line of thought

[Andrew MacIan]

No: HPFGUIDX 33000

Greetings from Andrew!

Ah...another victim....{evil smile}....

--- gte510i <gte510i at prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
> For the Past week or two I have been reading up on
> the discussion of 
> Lupin not turing into a werewolf until the cloud
> un-eclipsed the moon.
> I've heard some interesting theories but I must
> admit that another 
> issue precedes this. 

As one of the theorists, I thank you on all of our
behalfs.
 
> That is:  Lupin says that the wolfsbane potion need
> to be taken 
> durring the week preceding the full moon.  Why did
> he need to take it 
> that night?
> It would seem that come nightfall he would have
> locked the door and 
> curled up in his office as a harmless wolf.  He
> would have taken his 
> potion the previous 7 days.

Excellent inference from the data.  My own speculation
is that the night of the Full is one where the potion
should/must be taken as well, just as a mortal takes
the complete course of an antibiotic.
  
> 
> Even if the full moon didn't show up until midnight,
> he wouldn't have 
> turned into a monster, because tonight was not a
> 'take your potion 
> night'.
> 

Granted that we know only as much as we do, I would
say that you've hit a hole in Rowling's work.  Others
will, I hope disagree with citations/examples.

> Any thoughts?
> 

Just the above.  My own research has been much more
involved with the 'real' weres in folklore and myth. 
Rowling's version seems to be more, er...Hollywood 
than those that I have found.

> catydid
> who has had a lot of fun finding the idiosyncrosies
> in the cannon and 
> thrilled that most have been addressed here.


Yes, this list has become quite a delight and
education for me, as well.

Cheers,

Drieux

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