Lupin's Boggart (PoA, U.S. Paperback, Pgs. 138-139.)

[potioncat]

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> Pippin:
> Hi, Toni! It's my highly unpopular theory that the boggart was the 
> prophecy orb, and it turned into a cockroach because the spell 
> failed. 

Potioncat:
Pippin, Pippin, was it you who came up with the idea that the 
boggart is a prophecy orb? I've asked around, but haven't gotten an 
answer. I argued against it very strongly once upon a time, but now, 
I'm a believer...

I'm not sure what it is about a propecy that frightens Lupin, but I 
agree. I'm not so sure how the cockroach fits in, but I have some 
ideas.

1.Trelawney is described in insect-like ways all through PoA. Not 
always the same insect, either. I think Lupin considers her a pest 
and also somewhat humorous and so changes the orb into a cockroach 
(letting the cockroach represent her, so to speak.) BTW, I don't 
think he's afraid of her finding out he's a werewolf in the crystal 
ball, the staff were all told that when Lupin was hired.

2. The cockroach has something to do with Snape. It would be just 
Snape's luck to work at being an animagus and have it be a 
cockroach. (I don't like this one, but it was fired from a can(n)on 
at me.) I can go into how I think canon fits if anyone is 
interested. So far, few have been ;-)

3.The cockroach has to do with Wolfbane potion. This one works 
better if the boggart is a moon.


I'm for the orb being an orb if only because it isn't called a moon 
in OoP either.
Potioncat