Homorphus

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 132507

Shalimar mumweasley predicted in 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/132421 :

<< We'll find out that the Homorphus charm is real and be able to
free Lupin from his monthly curse. >>

Tinglinger predicted in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/131947 :

<< The Homorphus Charm is legit and will be used by Harry on Luna >>

Is two predictions a trend?

I agree that the Homorphus Charm is real, because Lockhart stole his
exploits, not invented them. I don't agree that the Homorphus Charm
is a cure for lycanthropism, because if it were, someone would have
tried it on Lupin by now, either his parents, who 'tried everything'
or his clever friends who became Animagi for his sake.

At first I thought it might put an end to the werewolf transformations
permanently, but at the cost of tremendous brain damage to the person,
but then I realized it MIGHT be the same spell that Black and Lupin
used to make Pettigrew leave his rat form.

So now I think that it turns the transformed human back into 
his/her human form for only a few moments. That's not a cure for
lycanthropism, but it is long enough for the villagers to recognize
one of their neighbors. Now that they know who the werewolf is, they
can deal with him while he is still a mere human. One would hope that
they would lock him in a secure cage before moonrise on the Full Moon
night and release him when he turned human again, but I expect they
probably just killed him in his sleep in his bed at New Moon.