Homorphus charm & Lupin

[mhbobbin]

No: HPFGUIDX 113797

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kate_bossetti" 
<katebossetti at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brenda" <luckdragon64 at y...> 
> wrote:
>  
> > In COS Lockhart discusses his various achievements with his 
> students  including performing the Homorphus charm on the Wagga 
Wagga  Werewolf which changes the WW back into a man thereby 
delivering the village from the monthly terror of Werewolf attacks.
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> > While we know Lockhart was not the wizard to perform the 
Homorphus  charm, there had to be fact to the possibility of it 
being done or  he would not be famous for having done it. So why is 
Lupin so  resigned to his fate and not wandering the world searching 
for  someone who can perform this charm? Why hasn't Sirius or 
Dumbledore > helped their friend more.
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> "kate_bossetti":
Well, maybe this wizard, as well as that charm was only Lockhart's 
 imagination's product to make his book more interesting. He tells 
Harry and Ron about stealing other peoples' memories and presents 
> them as his own, so you have to agree we can call him a liar. 
Perhaps 
> he made that spell up, especially when you suggest that only this 
> particular wizard could perform that particular magic.

mhbobbin:

I think the Homorphus Charm was included for a yet-to-be-revealed 
reason connected to Lupin. Wouldn't it be too happy if Lupin was 
cured? JKR deftly weaves this clue into Cos long before we know 
there's a werewolf in the story. And consistent with Lupin's tragic 
life (so far), the cure for his illness is buried in the ruined 
memories of two characters, only one of whom Harry knows. Assuming 
there's any truth to the story of the Wagga Wagga Werewolf. That's 
alot of hoops to jump through...

We know little about Lupin, what he does with his missing years, 
missing months etc. Perhaps he is aware that Lockhart has written 
about a cure in one of his books. Perhaps not.  Harry may be will 
put two and two together before the end. Perhaps Lupin is seeking 
for the cure, to the ends of the earth.

Many posters have indicated that they think Lupin is not going to 
survive the end of the story. I kinda agree. But maybe...there's 
hope that Lupin will have a happy ending. NOT!!! He'll find the 
cure, just as Death Eaters surround him and vaporize him!!!

mhbobbin