Support for the ESE Lupin theory!

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 123893


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "alshainofthenorth" 
<alshainofthenorth at y...> wrote:

> I wish that JKR had been more consistent about the lunar 
phases and  the influence of the moon (irritated me to no end 
when writing a  fanfic account of Lupin's year at Hogwarts. If he 
doesn't transform  inside the shack, how come he does it inside 
the castle?) but it may  be that Lupin thought he might somehow 
make it before moonrise or  that six doses of Wolfsbane potion 
would be enough to make him safe. <

Pippin:
Ah, JKR's misdirection. Lupin's transformation is controlled by 
the full moon. That is what FBAWTFT says.  Not by the moonrise 
or the moon's visibility, whatever Harry thinks. Lupin *does* 
transform inside the shack, and JKR never said he didn't. That's 
how all the furniture came to be broken, and the reason the 
villagers heard the howls and screeching. 

Here's the way I interpret JKR's explanation:


Lupin went out to the Shrieking Shack before the moon was full 
and *coincidentally* before it was up. He transformed when he 
came out  on the night of the SS because the moon reached full 
and *coincidentally* became visible.

It had been visible several times before on that evening:
The moon drifted in and out of sight behind the shifting 
clouds.--PoA ch 21.


 Lupin missed the Christmas feast in PoA and told Dumbledore 
he was  too ill to attend,  although the moon should not have 
been full yet if it was full at the Quidditch match. But of course, 
one needn't be transformed to be ill. Dumbledore asked if Snape 
had made the potion for him, but  the potion has to be made the 
week before the transformation, which fits perfectly.  Does that 
help?

Whether Lupin really was ill over Christmas, or this was the sort 
of illness that afflicted his sick mother, we may yet learn. 
Perhaps ESE!Lupin had business elsewhere. 

Pippin