Help with Lupin's boggart / Cockroaches

[potioncat]

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Carol wrote: 
> I personally think that both scenes are red herrings to steer 
readers
> (and Harry) away from correctly interpreting Lupin's boggart as the
> moon. I really don't see why Lupin would lie to Hermione about his
> boggart being the moon when he's in the process of confessing that
> he's a werewolf. What could be more terrible in Hermione's eyes than
> that (unless he's a DE and a prophecy orb or crystal ball would
> somehow lead her to figure that out).
> 
> Anyway, I don't see a prophecy orb connection, but for what it's
> worth, crystal balls are definitely mentioned in connection with 
Lupin.
> 

Potioncat:
No, I didn't see a prophecy orb connection either when I was only 
thinking of the boggart scenes in PoA.  But when I re-read OoP, I 
began to have doubts.  As it stands now, I would not be surprised if 
we learn something else about Lupin or his boggart in book 6 or 7. 
IIRC, in OoP his boggart is still referred to as an orb, not as a 
moon and that is one of the little details that is nagging at me.  

I'm not trying to change any minds, just offering up the opinion that 
there are still other ways of interpreting this one.

To answer your question, If (big if, I know) there was a prophecy 
made about Lupin that would cause him to fear it, then he might not 
want Hermione to know about it.  So it's easier to throw her a red 
herring and call it a moon, since she can now associate it with being 
a werewolf, than to explain why he fears a prophecy orb.

I know, other than the prophecy about Harry we haven't heard of any.  
But we know the DoM is full of them and we know there have been seers 
in the WW.  So it isn't too far fetched to think they may be fairly 
common.
Potioncat