[HPforGrownups] Dementor Question/Re: 50 Questions

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 54873

These are excellent questions, and although obviously I don't have any canon 
answers I have guesses for the following:

>1. Why do wizards distrust werewolves?

This one seems easy. They distrust werewolves because werewolves, in wolf 
form, are dangerous bloodthirsty predators whose human prey, if it survives, 
will become another of the same. This seems like a perfectly good reason to 
me. What I don't understand is why wizards haven't made arrangements to deal 
with this problem such as requiring werewolves to register themselves and 
provide appropriate shelter and security during the full moon.

Of course, this doesn't explain why they're so nasty to werewolves at other 
times than the full moon. I think probably most werewolves aren't as nice or 
as well socialized as Lupin. Draco was afraid to go into the Forbidden 
Forest because of the werewolves there. Probably most werewolves are 
thieves, criminals, or otherwise marginalized members of wizard society due 
to their curse, and people like Lupin who try to cope in a civilized manner 
are stereotyped as untrustworthy for that reason.

>3. Why did Draco continue to take Care of Magical Creatures if he hates
>Hagrid?

Either because it's required, or because his father told him to because he 
wants to keep track of Hagrid's movements -- which may mean that someone on 
Voldemort's side has actually noticed how useful Hagrid is to Dumbledore.


Janet Anderson



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