The immensely complex Homorphus Charm

[jmgarciaiii]

No: HPFGUIDX 94147

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> Yes, the way Lockhart describes the event it implies a one-time 
> deal and the werewolf is cured. 
> 
> My thought is the Homorphus charm really does exist, but the 
> description Lockhart gives of the process is incorrect.

I agree that's entirely possible.

> After all, 
> not even Lockhart would publish a book with a made-up charm that 
no-
> one has ever heard of, or else it would become WW news! His books 
> are very popular; someone, somewhere with a werewolf family member 
> would certainly contact him for more information, or someone doing 
> research in the area. At the very least the Werewolf registry in 
the 
> MOM would probably want to know about it to reduce their caseload!

While it may be entirely possible, this might not be the reason why. 
I don't believe Lockhart is sensitive to consequences.

> So, lets say the charm exists. Well at that point we have info 
from 
> Fantastic Beasts that says there is "no known cure" for 
> lycanthrophy. So the spell would have to perform some other 
function.

That seems very plausible. The Homorphus charm *COULD* change the 
werewolf into a human form once and for all, but leave the werewolf 
ith a werewolf mind once a month, or it could leave the werewolf 
insane, etc.

> Lockhart tells Harry and Ron this in COS:
> 
> "My dear boy...do use your common sense. My books wouldn't have 
sold 
> half as well if people didn't think *I'd* done all those things."
> 
> "...There was work involved. I had to track these people down. Ask 
> them exactly how they managed to do what they did."
> 
> IF Lockhart's telling the truth here, we now know there's a 
> Homorphus charm and there's at least one person out there who can 
> perform it. But that's where I think the truth ends! His antics in 
> the classroom were drama. 

The IF is always a mighty big one! My worry is that there was one 
person who *could* make the HC work as intended, and GL blanked his 
memory.
 
> The real Homorphus charm, immensely complex like the Fidelius, 
might 
> also require two people who enter into the charm together instead 
of 
> one person casting the spell on another without their consent. So, 
> with the consent of the werewolf, the caster is able to change the 
> werewolf to human form once a month, but only after the person has 
> transformed. Otherwise it would be a cure.

A lot of this hinges exactly on WHY it's immensely complex. Lastly, 
why are we so sure that DD would cure Lupin if he could? (I think he 
would, but that's mere speculation on my part).

-J.