Professor R J Lupin

[dfrankiswork at netscape.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 39643

The peeling letters on Lupin's case.

We've had this discussion before, so I may just be forgetting that I've remembered something here - nasty things, those memory potions.

If Lupin's case is magic (we have the example of Moody's trunk), it may be that the display of his name updates when he changes title.  The new 'Professor' letters are peeling because the case itself is old so the magic is getting a little tired (cf 'Troy, Mullet, Moran' getting weaker in GOF).  Other examples of magically updating information are the house point scores, the QWC disply, and possibly the quote about Perenelle Flamel's age in PS.  (The Marauder's Map is another example, and includes a title too: *Mrs* Norris, though, unfortunately, not Snape's - perhaps Snape is merely masquerading as a professor ;-) )

OTOH, if it *is* magic, couldn't he get the Grindylow tank in too?

David


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