A thought about POA

[Blair]

No: HPFGUIDX 83615

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> This may have been touched on in the past but a thought crossed my 
> mind as I was reading the scene where the group leave the Whomping 
> Willow after the goings-on in the Shrieking Shack and Lupin begins 
to 
> transform as the moon comes out.
> 
> 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.

Perhaps werewolves are resistant to magic.  In OoP Umbridge and her 
cronies have a tough time trying to Stun Hagrid.  When Harry and Ron 
ask about it, Hermione says that it must be the giant blood in him.  
If giants are somewhat shielded from magic, is it that much of a 
stretch to think werewolves would be too?

Oryomai
(Finally returning to posting after a long, hard battle with a 
computer virus and Yahoomort!)