Moon orb? (was Remus, Sibyl and a lot of other stuff)

[Julia]

No: HPFGUIDX 120855


>Potioncat:
>Someone else came up with the idea, oh, over a year ago, that 
Lupin's boggart was a prophecy orb, not a moon.  The more I argued 
against prophecy orb, the less convinced I became with the "moon" as 
boggart.It's Lupin, after all who tells us it's a moon. It's never 
described as a moon.
> 
Julia here:
You know, while reading the posts about Lupin's boggart I thought it 
can't be nothing else but moon too. But know I'm almost sure that it 
can't be moon. Why? (apart from the fact that I can't understand why 
he should be afraid of the moon... after so long it should be a 
normal thing in his life...) I was surprised that no one has came up 
with it yet (or maybe someone has?)

The orb which we see in a scene in PoA can't be moon because it 
doesn't affect Lupin in a way real moon affects him. According to 
Harry's boggart - Dementor, it (boggart) behaves in the same way as 
the real one. When Harry sees his boggart he can feel as if the real 
Dementor was approaching. He hears the voices in his head and so 
on... So why Lupin's boggart doesn't affect Lupin? Why he doesn't 
change into a werewolf? It'd seem logical after all...

To me now it's obvious that Lupin's boggart isn't the moon. It 
simply can't(as far as JKR didn't make a mistake). Now I'm 
questioning myself... is it really the crystal ball?

Julia