tame werewolf ?

[Potterfanme]

No: HPFGUIDX 81402

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sbursztynski" 
<greatraven at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lziner" <lziner at y...> wrote:
> > I was re-reading POA and had this thought.  If Lupin takes his 
> > wolfsbane and is attacked, how could he fight back?  He couldn't
> use 
> > a wand.  His mind would be that of a wizard but his body that of 
a 
> > wolf.  Not much of a match for a DE. It might be time for dear
> Remus 
> > to "go-off" the wolfsbane.  At least as a werewolf, he would be 
> > ferocious and stand at least a "biting" chance in a battle.
> > 
> > Lziner

SueB 
> Just a question here - to myself as well... Would the wolfsbane 
make 
> him tame - and helpless as you suggest - or would it just enable 
him 
> to *control* his murderous tendencies - and, of course, what he 
wants 
> to do is just curl up in the office for the night, go to sleep and 
> *get it over with*. Remember, he changes anyway - and when he 
changed 
> without the stuff, in PoA, he ran amok. Sort of like a Vulcan in 
pon 
> farr, hmm? :-) .So if all the wolfsbane did was enable self-
control, 
> surely he'd be able to attack the DE anyway. True, no wand - but he 
> might be able to charge before his enemy used theirs.Sue B.


The way I understood it was that the wolfsbane let him keep is human 
mind.  It did not take away his werewolf powers.
Susan