Unforgiveable/Killing Pettigrew / Werewolves / Quidditch

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No: HPFGUIDX 33800

Ed Blanning wrote:
<< How were Lupin and Sirius going to kill Pettigrew? For Sirius, not 
so much of an issue (I'm going to commit the *murder* for
which I was imprisoned)....But for Lupin? Would the MoM accept this 
summary kind of justice? Perhaps,under the circumstances, but even 
Lupin doesn't seem to consider taking Pettigrew up to the Castle to be 
brought to justice.>>

MoM surely would not accept that summary justice, despite it being 
Pettigrew who had already been declared dead. Sirius and Remus both 
have life experiences which do not lead them to think of MoM and 
justice in the same sentence. They expect to make their own justice 
and then be on the run for the rest of their lives. Remus is willing 
to give up his beloved teaching job and his relative freedom from 
arrest warrants out of loyalty to his friend Sirius and the memory of 
his friend James.

<< whilst Crouch is just, to all intents and purposes, disposed of,>>

I'm sure that MoM counts Crouch's desouling as an accident rather 
than a punishment. It's like when police kill someone in a shootout, 
someone who started the shootout against them, is not considered 
capital punishment.

Cindy Sphynx wrote:
<< I'd be very surprised if these government agencies are actually 
supportive of werewolves. We have the Werewolf Capture Unit, the 
Werewolf Registry, Werewolf Support Services, and the Werewolf Code 
of Conduct. >> 

Scamander wrote that the Capture Unit and the Registry were in the 
Division of Beasts while the office of Support Services was in the 
Division of Beings. I expect Support Services DOES provide some 
support, perhaps paid prescriptions for Wolfsbane Potion. Perhaps 
instead of prescriptions, the poor werewolves have to go to the 
Support Services offices to take each dose under "direct observation" 
(how humiliating). Then if someone did FORGET to take hiser Potion, 
the Capture Unit could be immediately sent after himer. (In 
that case, Dumbledore got Lupin a pass to be at Hogwarts instead.) 

And I think Support Services might pay them a small monthly stipend 
in exchange for 'community service' (you know, scut work like 
graffitti clean-up, like General Relief recipient and convicted 
misdemeanants have to do). The stipend wouldn't be 'paid work' but 
would allow Lupin to buy food but not be enough to buy clothing... 

Perhaps the "support" is merely "providing a safe place" to stay 
during transformation, i.e. a locked cage full of fellow werewolves, 
and reporting to it each month at Full Moon is not optional, except 
that Dumbledore got permission for Lupin to be kept at Hogwarts 
instead. 

THESE ARE FORMS OF SUPPORT THAT SERVE TO PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE FROM
THE WEREWOLF. It's obvious how keeping the werewolf locked up under 
guard during transformation protects the others. It's obvious how 
making sure that the werewolf takes Wolfbane Potion protects the 
others. Less obviously, seeing to it that the werewolf gets enough 
food for survival discourages himer from turning to theft, robbery, 
or unsightly public begging.

Barbara blenberry wrote:
<<My question is... all that training, and Gryffindor only plays 
*three* games the whole season?>>

I believe that JKR told one untruth in canon and another in 
interviews. I have come to believe that even though she said that 
Hogwarts is the only wizarding school in Britain and has 1000 
students, it actually is one of three or four schools in the British 
Isles (Britain + Ireland + Man etc) and each has around 250-300 
students. Hogwarts is the BEST and OLDEST of the lot. This idea can 
actually be massaged to agree with her statement bu SAYING that the 
other schools are subsidiary campusses of Hogwarts.

I have come to believe that even tho' she wrote only of intramural 
Quidditch, there is actually extramural Quidditch as well. Perhaps 
the four House teams compete for the right to play the people from
the other schools? Or the four Houses are each a member of the 
league... a league of seven teams if there are four schools but the 
others field all-school teams.

<<I'd want a game every weekend.>>

Every OTHER weekend would be better. The kids do need to study 
SOMETIME.

<<I was wondering how in the world Krum could be a professional 
Quidditch player *and* attend school?>>

1) Maybe he doesn't play for a regular pro team, but was 
selected straight from school for the National Team because he is so 
fabulous. Practising with the National Team would be time-consuming, 
but not as time-consuming as playing for the Bialystok Bagels or 
whatever.

2) According to Ron, Viktor is already 18 at QWC. Therefore, he is a 
year older than Hogwarts seventh-years, who turn 18 during GoF. I 
thought that might be because he arranged to go to his 'seventh-year' 
school half-time for two years in order to have time for the 
National Team.