OOP: Werewolves and silver

[goodfeelinggal23]

No: HPFGUIDX 69065

> > 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.
> 
> I think we can assume that Lupin is a "standard" werewolf, changes 
at the 
> full moon, 'allergic' to silver, etc.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
>   --  Ray

now mandi:

that makes perfect sense. however, as the cutlery and dishes are 
being laid out for dinner, mundungus asks sirius if a goblet 
is "solid silver." sirius responds in the affirmative. (personally, i 
found this to be one of the funniest moments in the book - love 
mundungus and his complete lack of subtlety!) later, when sirius asks 
harry why he hasn't asked about voldemort, lupin definitely puts down 
his goblet, from which he had been about to take a drink. admittedly, 
there's no canon saying the goblet from which lupin is drinking is 
one of the solid silver ones; however, if lupin is indeed drinking 
from a silver goblet, it would imply that he can touch silver without 
being harmed. 

perhaps then wormtail can't kill my beloved lupin!! (oh, hope and 
pray!) 

mandi