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

[potionmistress60]

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> 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.
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> 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 ;-)

Hi,
I'm a newbie and have been lurking for a few days.  I was interested 
in this orb/cockroach thought and found myself discussing this with 
a friend tonight.  We both found it very interesting if the silver 
orb, that Lupin saw during the boggart scene, was indeed something 
to do with the prophecy or something to do with the Hall of 
Prophecies, at MOM, with all the orbs.  I still hedge towards it 
really being a description of the moon (without the story blatently 
giving it away that Lupin was a werewolf). But, I guess there would 
be a real fear for Lupin, if he knew what the full prophecy was 
(fear for Harry/wizarding world?) or perhaps another prophecy 
regarding his own fate. 

Moving along to the reason the cockroach is suppose to be 
funny...one way it would make sense is if it is Snape's Patronus.  
Why would that be funny?  Because Lupin had Neville "finish it off." 
Neville fearing Snape and (as an inside or personal joke to Lupin) is 
given the opportunity to zap the feared Potions Master. I also seem 
to remember reading an interview with J.K. Rowling in which a fan 
asked her what Snape's Patronus was and she wouldn't reveal the 
answer as she said it would give too much away. Could 
this "cockroach" be a clue?  

Snape being tied to the silver "prophecy" orb  might be about the 
old theory that Snape was the one who "heard" part of the prophecy 
the night it was made.   Cockroach clusters anyone?

Deb
(aka potionmistress60)