[HPforGrownups] Re: Lupin is an honest, nasty, DISLOYAL person (who is ev...

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In a message dated 05/06/02 02:52:26 GMT Daylight Time, editor at texas.net 
writes:


> LOON on the deck!
> 
> Dicey said
> 
> > <snip the part about Lupin somehow knowing he didn't bite anyone
> > [hello! he bit Padfoot!]>
> 
> Point of accuracy. Hagrid says that Lupin said he never "ate anythin' las'
> night," not that he never bit anyone.
> 

Second LOON on deck!

What Padfoot sustains are described as gashes and the last time we discussed 
this, some of us thought these were equally well, if not better described as 
scratches. That sounds minor, which it's not supposed to, but inflicted by 
claws, rather than teeth. (I'll admit that they were locked Jaw-to-jaw, but 
this would have prevented him actually *biting*)

Some more LOONacy (because that's how I feel this morning!)

Aldrea:
>why he left the map where Snape could find  it.

>Kat argued:
><>If Snape had any bloody sense, he would have noticed the dot 
>labled "Peter Pettigrew."<>

He couldn't see it. By this time, Pettigrew was almost certainly inside the 
Shack, which doesn't show on the map as it is outside the grounds. (Remember, 
the twins didn't know where the tunnel came out)  


Pippin:
> Sirius chases off after Pettigrew and then, mysteriously, 
> hundreds of Dementors appear and attack Sirius, Hermione, 
> Harry and Ron. 
> 
> Think about it. There've been people wandering around the 
> grounds all night. Snape, Fudge, MacNair, Dumbledore, Hagrid, 
> Tt!Harry and Tt!Hermione . The Dementors don't bother any of 
> them. Then all of a sudden there are hundreds. Why? Because 
> werewolf!Lupin set the Dementors on our heroes. (shiver!) Can 
> the Dementors tell when they're dealing with a human mind in a 
> canid body? They can't.

This has alway puzzled me, too.
They are blind.
Sirius is apparently, when they start to approach, still in canine form 
(Harry hears him howling by the lake). He didn't have long to transform and 
realise that they were approaching, so I don't think they waited until he 
transformed to start moving.
So why do they focus on *him*.
And *why* does he choose that moment to change back into human form.
And *why* for goodness sake, doesn't he just transform back. (OK, I know that 
would take a lot of effort, but he was pretty debilitated when he did it in 
Azkaban, and this is a crisis, for goodness sake!)

And another LOON point.
Why does Lupin say that no-one knows what's under the Dementors' hoods except 
the victims?
Has no-one witnessed the Dementor's Kiss? (Ans: Yes, McGonnagall, Snape and 
Fudge, for three. Were they the first?)

And another:

Why do Snape, Lupin and Harry at different points ever mention Sirius being 
sent back to Azkaban, when they all know that he'll receive a Dementor's Kiss 
before getting there?

Eloise. 
Off to start her day, now she's got all that off her chest.



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