[HPforGrownups] Some Lupin questions

[Melanie L Ellis]

No: HPFGUIDX 58877

On Thu, 29 May 2003 05:58:58 -0000 "greatlit2003" <hieya at hotmail.com>
writes:
> I was bothered by Black and Lupin's incredibly Muggle way of 
> transporting Pettigrew at the end of PoA. Why didn't they do to him 
> what Hermione did to Rita Skeeter at the end of GoF? Do wizards not 
> rationalize, or should their behavior be attributed to the trauma of 
> the evening?

Well, Hermoine caught Rita while Rita was transfigured. Peter, OTOH, was
already human, and I don't know that there is any way to force an
animagic transfiguration, other than threatening to kill the person if
they won't do it, and Harry had already said no to that. Also, trying to
handle a rat would be much trickier than trying to hold on to a little
beetle.

However, Eledhwen is right - why didn't they just Stun the stupid man and
be done with it? They did pick a rather silly way to handle it, knowing
that he can transfigure if he has half a second of distraction working in
his favor. 


Melanie Ellis
Alabama Homeschool Message Board
http://pub77.ezboard.com/balabamahomeschoolmessageboard

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