[HPforGrownups] Re: Support for the ESE Lupin theory!

[Charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 123873


 Snow:
>>
>> The thread has veered off course just a tad from my original
> intension, which was to find out why Lupin would have been
> dangerous  if he had taken his meds. as the doctor ordered. It
> was crucial for  Lupin to take the potion during the week
> preceding the full moon,  which I have to assume he has since
> we have not been told otherwise,  to obtain its full effect. The only
> dose Lupin missed was on the  exact night of the full moon, at
> this point he had already taken at  least 6 doses, why is he
> acting like a full-fledged, out of his mind  werewolf?
>>
>
> Pippin:

<snip>
> I can believe that Lupin forgot to take it, or even that he knew that
> Snape was coming but decided that going after Peter was a
> higher priority. But the fact that he would have already had
> several doses that week makes it difficult for me to think that he
> also forgot it was the night of the full moon. How could he,  when
> he was talking about the potion and its effects on being a
> werewolf with the Trio and Sirius?
>
> And then, he completely blows off Snape's announcement that
> he hasn't taken his potion. IMO, that  is either criminally
> irresponsible or there is something else going on -- such as that
> he did take his potion as the ESE!Lupin theory postulates.
>
> I believe the 'smoking'  goblet explains why Snape couldn't bring
> the potion out to the Shrieking Shack. Apparently the stuff breaks
> down as it cools.
>
> Anyway, Snape couldn't run while carrying a goblet of hot potion
> in his hands, and being charmed might hurt it.
>
Charme:

While your thought is one view, Pippin, there can easily be another.  First 
some canon from PoA:

"I've just been to your office, Lupin. You forgot to take your potion 
tonight, so I took a gobletful along. And very lucky I did... lucky for me, 
I mean. Lying on your desk was a certain map. Oneglance at it told me all I 
needed to know. I saw you running along this passageway and out of sight." 
"Severus --" Lupin began, but Snape overrode him...."

Ok, so how could Snape know Lupin "forgot to take his potion"  when he "took 
a gobletful along"? Along to where? Lupin's office?  Snapey Poo is better 
than I thought: he must be able to predict the future.  Plus Snape overrode 
what Lupin tried to say after that lovely, apparently Seer-like explanation 
Snape gave. I mean, the last time we saw Lupin take the potion, Harry was in 
attendance and Snape *brought* it to Lupin's office for him to take. Uhm and 
how did Lupin blow off Snape's announcement anyway? He said 1 word: Severus. 
(Don't shoot the messenger - that's what the canon states.) Seems to me that 
maybe someone should be trying to figure out how Snape knew in advance of 
bringing Lupin his potion that Lupin'd fogotten to take it......

Charme