Moon and Lupin - Was Snape's Ahoy!

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 67215


> Darrin said:
> 
> > But, there is an interesting point to be found in the wolfsbane.
> >  Snape said he went to Lupin's office to give him the potion. 
Snape saw the map, saw everyone on it, and went to the Shrieking 
Shack.> > 
> > What happened to the potion? Remember, Lupin doesn't change until 
the  moonlight hits him, meaning he wasn't dangerous until he got 
outside. 
> 

Kai: 
> I'm very confused by your statement here. 
> 
> It was my understanding that Lupin would change into a werewolf
> whenever the moon rose, whether he was inside or not. Otherwise, why
> need the Shrieking Shack (or wolfsbane) at all? Why not just make
> certain that he always stayed indoors away from windows during the
> full moon? And, I seem to recall (don't have the books handy) that
> Lupin was already transformed and inside the Shack when he went for
> Snape, during their school days.


OK, this baffled me too, so I went to get PoA, and here is page 278 
UK.

Lupin threatens Peter and tells him not to move. They are outside the 
Willow. The grounds were dark, with the only light from the castle.

"Silently they tramped through the grounds, the castle lights growing 
slowly larger... And then --

A cloud shifted. There were suddenly dim shadows on the ground. Their 
party was bathed in moonlight."

THEN Lupin changed.

He didn't change until the light hit him. The moon was behind a 
cloud. It came out and he changed. So, by this logic, had the moon 
stayed behind a cloud until they got to the castle, Lupin might not 
have changed.

So, COULD he have stayed indoors in a windowless room??? That makes 
no sense whatsoever. Someone help!

> Darrin said:
> 
> >So, if  Snape went there figuring he'd catch himself a werewolf, 
and an escaped> prisoner, and be the great hero of the day by saving 
the three meddling kids, WHERE THE HELL WAS THE POTION???? 
> 


Kai: 
> No doubt, Snape probably did want to play the hero! As for where the
> potion was...very good question. Along with your theories, I offer 
the possibility that perhaps it doesn't "travel well" and/or he had no
> time to bottle it up and take it with him. I don't have a pet theory
> in this case.

That's possible. Maybe it only has so long a "holding time" after 
Snape makes it. He did tell Lupin to drink it right away earlier in 
the book.  

Pippin would tell us that Lupin saw the potion in Snape's robe while 
examining him after the kids knocked him cold and ignored it. :)

Darrin