JKR's website update - Silver Hand

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> bboyminn:
> Here is the problem I have with any and all 'Silver Hand' theories.
> The hand is surely silver colored, but there is nothing in the books
> that would make us think that Peter's hand is made out of the metal
> Silver.

> Betty/SilverStag:
> <p>There's also nothing that definitely states that silver effects 
> werewolves in the Potterverse.  ......
> There is also no mention that Lupin uses a different goblet than the 
> other presumably silver ones at the table at Grimmauld place.

Christina:

In response to you both, it's been pretty obvious for a while that
werewolves in JKR's universe do not respond poorly to pure silver (in
their human form, at least).  But I had always given the silver hand
theories value just because of the symbolic meaning.  Kind of in the
same way that Sirius's "grim" form and captivity at GRIMmauld Place
foreshadowed his death.  It doesn't have to be a scenario where Peter
kills Lupin *with the silver hand,* but you could take the silver hand
as foreshadowing because of it's traditional link between silver and
werewolves.

But, a futile exercise I guess, considering JKR has shot it down.

Christina