Homorphus Charm - Cured Red Herring

[jmgarciaiii]

No: HPFGUIDX 94257

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy Jenkins" 
<CindyJ2 at c...> wrote:
> > I think you can also read it as a cure.  ...edited...
> 
> Except we have documentation in 'Fantastic Beast...' that says 
there
> is no known cure for werewolfism. 

I think one of the more clever bits of writing by JKR is that she 
does NOT say: "There is no cure." Instead she says "There is no 
KNOWN cure." What is the difference and what does this mean? Well, 
to my mind it means JKR:

1- Wants the casual reader to infer that lycanthropy is incurable
2- Wants to have planted the seeds in canon for, if the day comes 
when, say, Lupin is cured, being able to answer for what many will 
see as contradictory. ("Ah, but it was written there was no *known* 
cure you see.")

> Again, I come back to what is likely taking precedence over what is
> possible. If we interpret the quote as implying a cure, then we 
have a
> contradiction with 'Fantastic Beasts...' as well as a 
contradiction to
> Mr. Weasley statements when he is in the hospital. Now, Mr. Weasley
> may not be correct in his assessment, but his statements would 
seem to
> reflect the overal concensus of the general wizarding population, 
and
> consistent with the more common myths regarding werewolfism. 

I think while that is true, it may well also be that nobody has ever 
thought of using the immensely complex Homorphus charm to 
treat/deal/cure werewolfism*. If this were the case, then everything 
in canon remains congruent.

-Joe in SoFla

* Maybe nobody has thought of mixing this charm with the Wolfbane 
potion or another magical spell/charm/potion. We have canon evidence 
of totally new and unexpected results to combinations of jinxes or 
spells.