[HPforGrownups] Re: Why Snape doesn't have to be human

[James Lawlor]

No: HPFGUIDX 107700

Neri:
> I was very impressed by your arguments, and I agree with all of them
> (truly) but you forgot the strongest point of canon against Lupin
> being a werewolf: someone asked JKR if he has any connection with
> werewolves and she answered: "Erm... I don't think so".
James:
I very much enjoyed Pippin's post as well. Neri makes quite a good
point of course, that JKR basically said no (which is why I tend to
disbelieve the theory myself - and for some reason it just doesn't
strike me as likely). But there's something that bothers me about that
a bit. It doesn't really fit with any of JKR's other answers. It seems
to be that she either flatly denies outlandish or simply untrue rumors
(eg: Will we see Lily and James alive again, Was Lily a DE, etc) or
she is deliberately vague and more or less says "Wait and see".

But "Erm... I don't think so" is just...odd. It could well be due to
the fact that she was caught off-guard at a live interview (perhaps
she had never really thought of the idea herself, or heard the theory
before?). Or perhaps she fumbled for something rather vague. But "I
don't think so" implies that she doesn't know for sure... and well, if
she didn't who would? :D

There's also an explanation I saw awhile back that said perhaps she
hadn't made up her mind yet.

Either way, it's an interestingly odd answer.

- James Lawlor
jlawlor at gmail.com