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

[thebasketfairy]

No: HPFGUIDX 66572

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, rayheuer3 at a... wrote:
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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.
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> I think we can assume that Lupin is a "standard" werewolf, changes 
at the 
> full moon, 'allergic' to silver, etc.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>   --  Ray
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Would the silver have the same affect on a werewolf when he is in man 
form or only during the full moon while he is in werewolf form?

Kathleen G. (starting my second read)