Lupin's boggart (was: Remus and Sibyll sitting in a tree)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 121003


 
> > SSSusan:
> > 
> > Also, presumably Lupin's boggart was fairly small -- at least as
> > compared to something like Harry's dementor!boggart -- so if
> > students weren't standing right beside Lupin, maybe they only saw
> > the general shape & color?
> 
> 
> Patrick:
> 
> Precisely my thoughts. There was a teacher who once told me to 
never tell the reader everything until it was absolutely necessary 
and that is what I think JKR was doing. 

Potioncat:
Yes, I agree. Good points both of you.  SSSusan came up with a good 
explanation for why one student thought it was a crystal ball and 
another thought it was a moon.  At the end of PoA I'm sure most of 
us (all of us?) thought it was a moon.

So, why in OoP is it still called an orb? And in OoP, it seems to 
turn into a puff of smoke rather than a cockroach?  If my somewhat 
humorous explanation is correct, Trelawney's smokey room could be 
why he uses smoke as the humorous change.(To review, IMHO, the 
boggart is a cystal ball or a prophecy orb and Trelawney is the 
amusing change via either a bug or smoke.)

Or, for some reason, he found the idea of a cockroach funny at 
Hogwarts, but now he finds smoke funny (Molly fussing at Mundungas 
for smoking?)

And I wonder if the cockroach is completely unimportant since the 
movie!boggart changed into a deflated balloon. Much funnier!

Potioncat (wondering who first came up with the idea of Prophecy Orb 
for boggart on this list?)