Vampires and Werewolves
Ali
Ali at zymurgy.org
Mon Jan 5 21:19:08 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 88121
Amanda wrote:-
<<<We *have* established that a wizard cannot catch the disease
while in animal form--for Sirius fought Lupin-wolf as a dog, and is
not subsequently a werewolf; nor does it follow that becoming
animagi in the first place would be a way for them to be with Lupin,
if they could still catch it.>>>
Eloise, the L.O.O.N assistant replied:-
<<< No. Quite.
In the past we've argued about why Sirius wasn't infected -
whether he was bitten or scratched by Lupin - pointlessly, it seems,
as this quote makes it quite clear that whichever, he wouldn't have
been infected by the lycanthropy.
<snip>
But, IIRC, there is no direct evidence that an untransformed
werewolf's bite *couldn't* infect someone. I doubt very much that it
would, but it might be simply that the untransformed werewolf
*knows* that he mustn't bite anyone (and frankly, under most
circumstances, as older children or adults it's not something we go
round doing very much <g>) and has to restrain him/herself.<<<
Ali, complete with L.O.O.N. cap, and cushion to sit on over fence
finds further evidence:-
OoP gives us more insight to the dangers of werewolves other than
Lupin, but is inconclusive:
OoP p. 431 UK edition:
" A Werewolf?" whispered Mrs Weasley, looking alarmed. Is he safe in
a public ward? Shouldn't he be in a private room?"
"It's two weeks till the full moon", Mr Weasley reminded her
quietly. <snip>
[The new Werewolf] "Said he'd give me another bite if I didn't
shut up" said Mr Weasley sadly"
I would conclude from the passage that Werewolves are only a threat
when transformed. But, people are so frightened of them, that the
new werewolf is using this reputation to intimidate Mr Weasley.
However, I could see that it is possible to interpret the Werewolf's
threat as a threat to make Mr Weasley a Werewolf.
Ali
Thinking it high time that Eloise gained official LOON status -
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