Question About Remus

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 143195

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bonnie" <bee224 at h...> wrote:
> Hi I am new to the group so I do not know if you have covered this
> or not. If you have I am sorry.  My question is, in PoA when Remus
> turned into a werewolf and Sirus turned into the dog, how come that
> did not calm Remus down? If they would go out all the time at night
> shouldn't the presence of Sirus made Remus stop? I know this might
> seem like a dumb question but I really would like to know.

Jen: Welcome, Bonnie! Actually, I don't remember hearing an answer for 
this one before. Making a guess, maybe it was because the werewolf and 
Padfoot had been separated for so many years? Thinking about pack 
behavior, Werewolf!Lupin would have recognized Padfoot by smell just 
as a human would recognize an old buddy by sight, but they still have 
to go through their ritual of pack behavior & decide who's alpha 
animal. I'm sure it's argued somewhere humans do the same thing 
mentally when meeting up with an old friend after many years--sorting 
where a person fits into your current pack on a cognitive level.

I do think the story indicates that when the Marauders changed into 
animals they were different from their human selves, certainly more 
instinctual and less rational.

Jen, who recently finished a dog training/psychology class and is 
interested in pack behavior but not an expert.