POA: Animagus / Lupin

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No: HPFGUIDX 70336

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ximena Valdivia" 
<xvaldivia at y...> wrote:
> I know that most of you are still discussing OoP but I have finish 
to 
> re-re-re-read PoA and I have a couple of questions.
> 
> 1. When Hermione said to Lupin that he is wrong and that Peter 
can't 
> be an animagus because he is not registered, she says that in the 
> last century there's only seven Animagus (counting Proffesor 
> Mcgonogall) so who are the other six?

Considering the skills required of an auror, I wouldn't be surprised 
ir we find some of them among the aurors. Or would this be too much 
considering we already have Tonks?
> 
> 2. Have u noticed that Lupin never gets angry? That is also 
reading 
> OoP that I have noticed that, I don't know if he never has a 
reason 
> to be angry but even when he was talking to Peter in PoA he never 
> never showed anger, does anyone knows why? could it be that the 
> Wolfsbane Potion has make him impossible to be angry or anything? 
I 
> know this question is not important at all but I'm curious
> 
> Ximena

I have noticed, I think Dumbledore noticed too. He made Lupin a 
prefect hoping it would have a calming effect on j/s/p, so I think 
it must have always been a personality trait. I think there might be 
several reasons for this all of which have to do with him being a 
werewolf.

1) He release all his rage and excitement when he is in werewolf 
form. j/s/p became unregistered animagi to keep him company and 
chaperone him during his changes. He is potrayed as a dangerous 
creature when transformed (his imprisonment in the Shrieking Shack 
and the rumors his violent presence cause that it is haunted.)

2) Because of those who know what he is, or might find out, he is 
anxious to present a very calm presence to anyone who might be 
frightened of him as a person.

3) He has learned a lot of life lessons, especially, I would think, 
loneliness, the hard way. We have seen, in GoF & OoP especially, 
fairly strong wizardly prejudice towards magical types that are 
not "pure" human (and not just from Umbridge and Fudge). He may just 
be tired.

Dorothy
who thinks her cats may be "were" when she's not looking