Werewolves, silver and prior planning...

[Bernadette M. Crumb]

No: HPFGUIDX 39152

I've tried to do searches of past postings on this but I guess
I'm just not good at telling search engines where to go...

Anyway, my 13 year old daughter and I have just finished reading
PoA and were discussing Remus Lupin being a werewolf while we
were doing dishes. Yes, the doing dishes does figure in the
topic... She made a comment that sort of fits in with the idea of
JKR setting things up in the first book and then picking up on
them in later ones.

We were cleaning our good silver, the stuff you have to polish to
keep it from turning black, and she mentioned that Lupin wouldn't
be able to touch it because it's dangerous to werewolves.  And
then I (not really thinking about it) said, "But if he doesn't
use silverware and has to have  different types of eating
utensils and plates than everyone else, people are going to guess
his secret."

Then my Ever-So-Smart! daughter pointed out that on Harry's first
day at Hogwarts we were told that the plates and flatware were
made of GOLD.... (Insert image of mom smacking self on forehead
with back of hand covered in soapsuds)

So, does this count as another bit of evidence that JKR HAS been
setting bits in place to touch on in later books?

Bernadette

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no
survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value
to survival."
-- C.S. Lewis (1898-1963).