[HPforGrownups] HOMORPHUS CHARM AND WEREWOLVES

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 68950

atroposgryffin at yahoo.com writes:

> Although we know that Lockhart stole these stories and altered the 
> memories of the actual people who did the work-my question is:  If 
> the Homorphus Charm exists why can't it be performed on Lupin, so 
> that he can be transformed back into a man and end his monthly 
> transfigurations?

The discussions on this matter have fallen into two theories, each of which 
fits the established facts:

1.  The Homorphus Charm is so "immensely complex" that only the wizard who 
performed it (and whose memory Lockhart stole) has ever been able to get it 
right.

2.  (This actually covers three similar theories)  It's all a load of Dragon 
Dung.  Either Lockhart lied about it, or the wizard who told Lockhart about it 
lied about it, or Lockhart happened upon a town folk tale which had grown in 
the telling.

As with so many things about the Potterverse, "ya pays yer money, you takes 
yer cherce"

  --  Ray
Who was very happy to see Lockhart again at St. Mungo's




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