Lupin, Prince, Grubbly-Plank, Levi-Strauss, Kreachur, Dark Lord / Transfigur

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 117872


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Catlady (Rita Prince 
Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:
> 
> I thought I had replied previously to Pippin's theory that there is 
no such thing as a werewolf cub but rather even the youngest 
infant who contracts lycanthropy turns into a full-grown werewolf, 
but I can't find that reply using Y!Mort's search. So here it is 
again:
> 
> I can't imagine a pre-pubescent child turning into a full-grown 
wolf. 
> 
> I understand that the werewolf cub wouldn't be "adorable"; at 
least if it scented human, it would go into the same desperate 
rage/hunger compulsion to attack humans, and it would be just 
as infectious and have sharp fangs. But it might be a little less  
physically strong, thus less likely to fight through the chains that 
confine it for theprotection of humans.  
> 

Pippin:
I'm not sure I understand why this is  difficult to imagine.  Trevor 
can become a tadpole, and Peter Pettigrew can become a rat, so 
neither physical age nor mass need be conserved. 

Rita:

> While I was looking for something else, I stumbled upon the 
Lupinquote, and found that it includes *both* 'great man' and 
'nice man':
> http://www.quick-quote-quill.org/articles/2003/062
> 6-alberthall-fry.htm :
> 
> << when I created Professor Lupin who has a condition that is
 contagious of course and so people are very frightened of him 
and I really like Professor Lupin, the character, because he's 
somebody who also has his failing he's such a great man and 
he's a wonderful teacher in fact I would say that Lupin is the one 
time I've written a teacher I loved really liked to have had because 
Professor McGonnagol is a very good teacher but she can be 
quite scary at times, very strict. So Lupin's a wonderful teacher 
and a very nice man but he has a failing and his failing is that he 
does like to be liked and that's where he slips up because he 
has been disliked so often that he's always so pleased to have 
friends so he cuts them and awful lot of slack. >>

Pippin:
You know, I'm beginning to wonder if JKR isn't feeling a tad guilty 
over Lupin. She probably does wish he were a real person, 
because a) she could rescue him from the wizarding world, the 
way she rescued Harry from the Dursleys, and b) he'd have free 
will and wouldn't have to make the choices that she has 
ordained for him. 

All those buckets of tears she says she's wept over killing Cedric 
and Sirius -- could they have been for the killer, as well as the 
victims? 

Pippin