[HPforGrownups] Re: Moon and Lupin - Was Snape's Ahoy!

[lima]

No: HPFGUIDX 67387

on 7/4/03 3:32 AM, nb100uk at nina.baker at uk.faulding.com wrote:

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Christi" <christi0469 at h...>
wrote:
> " 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.

My (very personal) theory is that Lupin's transformation depends on
the moon rising to a certain position (it's zenith) and THEN being
transformed.  Therefore, the sun can set on a full moon night, but a
werewolf won't 'become' until the full moon is at it's highest point,
which coincides with the gang exiting the Whomping Willow at that
exact moment.  Whether he's indoors or outdoors, that is the moment
he is transformed.  My theory, and I'm sticking too it!

Nina



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