Lupin vs Snape (was Lupin and "Severus")

[Ken Hutchinson]

No: HPFGUIDX 157126


> 
> Carol responds:
> 
> To me, the Christmas dinner scene in PoA seems to indicate who is
> married and who isn't. Lupin is absent because he's "ill" (his
> transformation shouldn't occur on Christmas Day because it's only 55
> days after the November 1 transformation, but, oh, well). 

Ken:

Carol, it only gets worse if you sit down with an astonomy program
(which this author certainly could afford!) and plot the dates of new
moons against, say, the calendars given in the Potter Lexicon. The
actual dates of the full moons during that period were October 30,
November 29, and December 29. To make matters even worse on September
1 when the whole school was travelling on the Hogwarts Express with
Lupin the moon was also full!!

Christmas Eve, 1996 was a full moon too. I don't remember off hand if
Lupin was gathered with the Weasley clan and guests that night but
Harry did talk to him at the Burrow three days later on the 27th.
Maybe it is a little nitpicky but plenty of kids in the local
astronomy club are perfectly capable of checking things like this.
There is no reason the author shouldn't have done.

Of course she can't even follow a simple calendar either. O well, indeed.

Ken