The Bewitching Hour & The Boggart Moon (WAS Lupin Is Not An Airhead!)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at c...> wrote:
> And of course, if the transformation is triggered by the objective 
> power of the moon, then Lupin should transform when the moon comes 
> up, not when the cloud cover breaks.
> 

> As applied to Lupin, then, the reason Lupin doesn't transform when 
> confronted by a boggart moon might have nothing to do with how he 
> feels, whether he is especially talented or experienced, whether he 
> has fear, or whether he drank his potion recently. It could be 
> simply that the boggart is doing its very best impersonation of the 
> moon but hasn't got the details right, just like its counterpart 
> in the maze.
> 
> Cindy (unsure of how all of this fits into the Bewitching Hour 
> theory)

I agree with everything you've said.  But to take a different tact, 
what if the Full Moon is NOT the cause of a werewolf's 
transformation, but merely a coincedence?  The Sun is overhead when I 
eat lunch, but I don't get hungry because of the sun's position, I 
wouldn't get hungry when it rains then.  It's just that time of the 
day.  Maybe, the full moon is just another sign that a 
certain "magical hour" is at hand.  The sign would cause the fear 
(hence the bogarts transformation to it), but would NOT have the 
power, because it is not the time.  

This argument also goes with the calculations that Lupin has to make 
(as explained in an earlier post).  He would know its a time.

I know, the obvious point here is the fact that it is when the clouds 
break that he transforms in PoA.  Again, this could be coincidental.

Actually, I like Cindy's post alot better than mine.

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