Help with Lupin's boggart / Cockroaches

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 96392

> Potioncat:
> Two threads  have been brought to my attention about Lupin's 
boggart 
> 73132 and 90112. Thanks!  Oddly enough the 90112 was an offshoot of 
a 
> half baked idea I had about cockroaches.  It still all comes down 
to 
> cockroaches. IIRC, here are the cockroach episodes:
> 
> Cockroach clusters and blood flavored candy are located in the same 
> area of Honeydukes.  Blood candy for vampires? We're never told who 
> would want cockroach clusters. (PoA)
> 
> Right after the pensieve moment Snape smashes a jar of cockroaches 
> over Harry's head. (OoP) 
> 
> In the Boggart class, Lupin interupts Harry to cast his own Boggart 
> orb/moon which disolves into a cockroach then Neville is called up 
> and  the cockroach becomes Boggart/Snape. (PoA)
(snip the rest)

(Quigon) Ginger: 
Another cockroach moment is in GoF (p.579 US paperback)

Harry was trying to get to Dumbledore's office, but didn't know the 
password.  He guessed Sherbet Lemon, several "normal" Wizarding 
sweets, and, in desperation, guessed Cockroach Cluster, which turned 
out to be right.  

If we go back to the reason he was trying to see Dumbledore, 
(starting p.575) it was due to a dream.  He was in Trelawny's class, 
viewing the solar system encased in a *glass dome*, when he had a 
vision (prophetic, not as to the future, but as to seeing things 
outside of his physical vision) of LV torturing Wormtail due to his 
blunder, (letting Crouch, Sr. escape).

I don't know if this adds anything to the cockroach theory, but I 
thought I'd bring it up.

(Quigon) Ginger, who wonders if Crouch and cockroach are spelled 
closely for a reason.