Moon and Lupin - Was Snape's Ahoy!

[Christi]

No: HPFGUIDX 67265

" 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!"

I'm pretty sure this snippet is Darrin's



Me:

I have an unsupported theory about this. Perhaps a werewolf can 
avoid tranforming for a short while be staying out of the moonlight, 
but will eventually be drawn out by the moon. The pull of the moon 
would be so strong that to deny it would cause madness or some sort 
of physiological damage, so preventing a werewolf from seeking the 
moonlight would be highly detremental. Just a thought, as I have 
very little knowledge of werewolf lore.

Christi T.