Question About Remus

[chewbacca98407]

No: HPFGUIDX 143199

Bonnie wrote:
> > 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? 

Jen wrote:
> 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


chewbacca suggests: 
There was quite a bit of turmoil going on at this point in the climax.  Peter had just been identified as a traitor, Snape was knocked out, and Ron had a broken leg.  I am not an animal expert (excepting my two cats) but my take on animal instinct seems to point to the fact that preditory animals, such as dogs, will always try and attack weak, sick, old, or otherwise injured "prey" before they will attack more physically able "prey."  We know that he was chained to said injured party as they exited the willow heading to the castle with Snape.  This could be what kept Lupin from "calming" down in the presence of Padfoot.  I also agree with the above comments from Jen regarding pack behavior, and think it is an extremely interesting observation.

from chewbacca, new poster, long-time fan.