Lupin's Boggart- really the full moon?

[tigerpatronus]

No: HPFGUIDX 72789

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:<SNIP>
> I have an alternative explanation. What if Lupin's"silvery white 
> orb"  isn't the full moon at all? After all, he never  exactly says
> that's what it is. He only asks, " Or did you realize that the
> Boggart changed into the full moon when it saw me?"  What if 
> Lupin's boggart is actually  one of those "glass orbs" "softly 
> glowing" from the Department of Mysteries? What it it's the 
> Prophecy?   
> Parvati thinks  that Lupin's boggart is a crystal ball, which could 
> be a hint to the reader.  > Pippin

You know, I think that it's interesting that JKR never describes it 
as a "full moon," even though she's writing from Harry's POV, even 
after Harry knows what it hypothetically is. For example, in Ch9 "The 
Woes of Mrs. Weasley," (p176, AmHB, OotP): "Harry's body vanished. A 
silvery orb hung in the air over the spot where it had lain. Lupin 
waved his wand once more and the orb vanished in a puff of smoke." 
Even Harry doesn't see it as a moon. While I've been reading it, I 
see a smooth, silvery ball (albedo=1) in my head, not a cratered, 
trenched, pockmarked moon. I assume you mean an orb with his own 
prophacy, not Harry's? 

Here's an odd thing: in PoA (AmTPB, p138-9), when each of the 
students attack the boggart, it turns into the thing they fear most, 
they shout "Riddikulus!" at it, and the boggart changes into a 
modified version of that which they fear. Example: Neville sees 
Snape, then Snape in a lacy dress with a stuffed vulture hat. Ron 
sees a big spider, then takes its legs off. Lupin sees the silvery-
white orb, and Riddikuluses it into a *cockroach.* Cockroaches have 
nothing to do with the moon, but they might exist in dusty storerooms 
filled with dusty little glass balls. 

Also, on p780, JKR describes the Prophacy ball: "...Harry, gazing at 
the *orb* as he brushed it free of the clogging dust." She later says 
it glows but doesn't say whether it's silvery or golden, though when 
the Prophacy smashes the figure is described as "pearly," which 
suggests a whiter shade of pale. 

One other thing: Lupin has obviously seen Neville's grandmother. 
Lupin asks N very leading questions about his grandmother's clothing. 
Now this may have to do with being in the Order with N's parents and 
thus seeing the gma with them, but what if the gma is indeed in 
cahoots with LV, and Lupin saw her at the DE meetings? (Coffee and 
donuts, "My name is is Remus Lupin, and I'm a Death Eater." "Hi, 
Remus!") 

TigerPatronus -- who is afraid we have to stop calling Sirius a Dead 
Sexy Bloke and start calling him a Sexy Dead Bloke.