What about the Door(that wasn't at the end of the tunnel)?

[jessicaiseman]

No: HPFGUIDX 99742


> > > Carolyn:
> > > 
> > > Yes, what was Wormtail up to whilst all this was going on. The 
> only  one small enough to satisfactorily fit down the tunnel. I 
> think it is  very possible that he slipped down there and removed 
> the protection  for the reasons you suggest, and perhaps this was 
> always his role -  the others had specifically taught him how to 
do 
> this, because they  were all too big to get down the tunnel in 
their 
> transformed states. 

> > > 
>  This still assumes a large werewolf could get out of that tiny, 
> > > cramped tunnel, once the protection was removed.
Naama:
> But when in PoA Sirius dragged Ron into the tunnel, he was in dog 
> form. When the kids went through, they had to bend, or even double 
> over, but that is still big dog height. A wolf isn't bigger than a 
> big dog (some wolves are smaller, in fact). Is there any evidence 
> that werewolves are considrably larger than a large dog? If not, 
why 
> couldn't transformed!Lupin use the tunnel?

I never thought that transformed!Lupin couldn't use the tunnel.  He 
obviously states that he went around the surrounding area with his 
friends in their transformed states.  All of the Marauders were able 
to use the tunnel, however Peter was the smallest of the three in 
order to evade the branches of the Whomping Willow and press the 
button to open the tunnel (POA, Ch 18, p 354).  Now the question is 
was there a way to open the tunnel from the inside or only from the 
outside.  This could be the way that transformed!Lupin was trapped 
inside the Shreiking Shack and tunnel during his transformation as 
was released by Madam Pomfrey at a safe time.    
It could also be the case that he was unable in his wolf state to 
open the entrance to the tunnel himself, because he does say that as 
a wolf his mind was wild and clouded and that only being with his 
friends made it clearer. 
"Under their influence, I became less dangerous.  My body was still 
wolfish, but my mind seemed to become less so while I was with them."
POA, Chapter 18, pg 355.

So perhaps he only needed his friends to open the door for him 
because it seems that the minds of Animagi remain more human than 
werewolves in their transformed state.  He may have been incapable 
of freeing himself, while his friends could do it for him.  Snape 
was able to use the tunnel as a child and an adult, Lupin uses it as 
an adult, Harry, Hermione and Ron use it as well, so it must be big 
enough for at least an adult to use (although it may be cramped). 
But I do think a stag would have a hard time using the tunnel if a 
person had to bend over to use it :))

Although there is no proof against an enchantment to prevent 
Transformed!Lupin from accessing the passageway. 

Jessica