A thought about POA, Lupin

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No: HPFGUIDX 83590

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:

> This would, of course, have affected the plot line of the book, 
but 
> why didn't somebody pull out a wand and either use "Petrificus 
> Totalus" or "Stupefy" on Lupin to stop him? OK, it would have 
ruined 
> the next two books but it would seem to have been logical.

I think that Lupin in the werewolf state is too powerful magically 
to be knocked down by a simple spell like "Stupefy" or "Petrificus 
Totalus", just like acromantulas and dragons. In the book Fantastic 
Beasts and Where to Find Them, werewolves are considered among the 
most dangerous of magical creatures, which means that only trained 
experts can deal with them. (I recall reading about a Werewolf 
Capture Unit). If people could stop werewolves by a simple spell, 
then the wizarding world would not be so afraid of them, and Lupin 
might not have had to live with so much prejudice.

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