[HPforGrownups] OOP: Werewolves and silver (was 1 down 4 to go (End of an...

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spacemonkey at noos.fr writes:
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> Question: Is it cannon that silver is dangerous to werewolf? I know it's the
> usual theory when it comes to werewolf outside of Harry potter land. But has
> JKR ever mentioned it? Reading OOTP, I was thinking that Grimmauld place had
> an awful lot of silver laying around. You'd think that they'd get read of
> all the silver stuff from the order's quarter if one of the member was a
> werewolf and it was dangerous to him. Especially if said member tends to
> live in that place (Ooooh, he was living with Sirius, isn't that cute?)...
> not just come around for meetings and dinner.

I think we can assume that Lupin is a "standard" werewolf, changes at the 
full moon, 'allergic' to silver, etc.

That having been said, silver does not effect a werewolf the way, say, a 
cross effects a vampire.  A werewolf can look at silver, be in the same room as 
silver, possibly even drink tea from a silver tea service (as long as the cups 
themselves aren't silver).  What they can't do is *touch* silver.  Actual 
*silver* silverware and things like silver door handles or faucets would be a 
problem, but things like picture frames or candlesticks shouldn't bother Lupin at 
all.  A silver letter-opener on the desk in his room would be in very poor 
taste, though.

If Kreature is as poor a housekeeper as we are led to believe, it's unlikely 
that anything in the Black house that was made of silver would *look* silver, 
having long since gone black (or at least dull) with tarnish.  Many metals, 
including Nickel and certain brass alloys look like silver but do not tarnish.

  --  Ray

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