Invisible minorities

[margdean56]

No: HPFGUIDX 79170

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arcum42" <Arcum_Dagsson at c...>
wrote:

> Well, I originally thought it was Peter *and* Lupin. I noticed the
> bit with Lupins right arm being chained to Peters left arm when I
> was checking on Peter and thought <Ok, Lupin has his right arm
> *chained* to Peters left, so he's bound to be holding his wand in
> his left hand aimed at Peter, therefore he's left-handed>, and he
> seemed made for the part. (A left handed werewolf seems appropriate,
> somehow.)
> 
> Then I notice this little part in OoP where he sticks his *right*
> hand out to summon the Knight Bus, and I'm forced to assume that not
> only did he forget about the full moon, he also chained his wand
> hand to Peter, leaving himself defenseless if Peter did try to
> escape. I'm pretty much left with either Majorly Irresponsible!
> Lupin, ESE!Lupin, or, to give him the benefit of the doubt,
> Ambidexterous!Lupin. Of course, it could be a Flint...

If Peter =is= left-handed, surely the other Marauders would know
that.  Lupin may have considered it more important to immobilize
=Peter's= usual wand hand than to leave his own free, and if he was
going to walk next to him, manacled to him, he didn't have much choice
if he wanted to bind Peter's left hand.

Do we have any evidence on how much of a handicap it is to use a wand
with one's off hand?


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>