Lupin's Boggart (was RE: Longbottoms/Lestranges/Bagman/Lockhart)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 120035


> imamommy
> 
> Eww, cockroach is enough of an original fear; they give me the 
> willies!
> 
> I think, in answer to Kneasy's question about why Lupin reacts 
to his  boggart!moon, or boggart!orb, or whatever it is, is that he 
has come  to terms with his fear.  He is familiar with it, expects
it, and has  learned how to deal with it.  
> 
> Whether or not it is an orb or a moon, it is still his greatest
fear, and he still reacts lazily to it.  I have no idea what the 
cockroach could mean, sorry.<

Pippin:
You hit the nail on the head  in your first sentence, IMO. The 
cockroach is another form of his great fear, that he will be 
revealed as the loathsome thing he dreads becoming. Lupin's 
riddikulus failed.

Pippin
pleased to have come up with an explanation that works whether 
Lupin is ESE! or not