Werewolves (Was:I'd like feedback on this theory)

[northsouth17]

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Arynn Octavia wrote:
> 
> Is silver harmful to werewolves? There's no cannon to suggest that. 
You can just go by "muggle" mythology, if they were right vampires 
wouldn't be able to go out in the daytime, which according to FB they 
can. FB never mentions silver as harmful to werewolves. 
>  

northsouth17:
Post repeatedly accidentally deleted...urg...third try... (doing it 
in wordpad this time!) 

I think silver is fairly integral to the whole werefwolf myth. 
(although generally in the form of a silver bullet, while Werewolves 
seems to have been around long before firearms, so maybe it;s 
actuallya  recent invention. On the other hand, I do associate 
werewolves with silver very strongly, and I think this sort of mythic-
borrowing is only really effective if it sticks to the myth as we 
recognize it. (The whole house elves thing was very irritating to me, 
because I never heard of brownies or any of the other things they're 
based on, but once I read up a bit about british household spirits, 
book 2 became rather more appealing) and I think we do associate 
silver with werewolves...). On the other hand, JKR dosen't ususally 
take it 100%. Maybe Lupin has a mild allergy to silver. (Honestly, I 
think I could convince myself of anythignt hat keeps Lupin safe. I 
like him too much.)

I very much hope though that Lupins end (Which wont come. He'll live 
happily ever after, I just know it!) or Big Moment of some sort will 
not revolve around his lycanthropy. That is, if he dies, or is hurt, 
of acheives somethign great, I don't want him to it *as* a werewolf. 
I just don't really see Lycanthropy as his defining trait or great 
weakness or anything. 

northsouth17