The immensely complex Homorphus Charm

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 94093

David:
> > What Lockhart describes is the forcible transformation of a 
> werewolf 
> > from wolf form into human form, which may well not be a cure for 
> > lycanthropy.

Joe:
> Correct. It is entirely possible the werewolf could have remained 
> wolf-brained and human-bodied. I don't know--nor is canon any help 
> either way--which is which.


Jen: Like David says later, I think it's very possible the charm has 
to be performed at each full moon. So it wouldn't be a cure so much 
as symptom management, just like Wolfsbane. And presumably the best 
circumstance would be the use of Wolfsbane prior to the Homorphus 
charm!

Actually, it would bug me a little if there's a 'cure'. JKR said she 
isn't about moral lessons, but I think there's some value in Lupin 
as the 'common man'. He's struggling with a condition that can't be 
cured, only controlled, and his real power is in the choices he 
makes for symptom managment. We've seen several instances where he's 
made poor choices in his attempt to live with his condition, and 
also instances where he chooses wisely (i.e. not teaching at 
Hogwarts). Fits in with the whole Choice Theory theme.