Lupin's Boggart (Was: Re: Etymology of Lupin's name)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 148028

> Snow:
> "Also in the boggart lesson the shape of his object is referred to 
> (by Parvarti) as an orb but in the shack Lupin asks Hermione if she
> noticed that his boggart was the full moon. So if his counter (or
> the thing that he doesn't fear; his boggart) is the full moon
 
> then the thing that the boggart saw as fear in him was an orb.
> This also fits with why Lupin ran from Trelawney."

> CH3ed:
> Nah, I think Hermione had it right and Parvati wrong. Lupin's 
> boggart is the moon. I suspect he ran from Trelawney when she 
> offered to crystal ball for him more because he doesn't want her 
> seeing him as a werewolf in it.


Jen: Hope this doesn't stray too far off canon, but Cuaron really 
messed up in POA if the 'silvery orb' isn't meant to be a moon. They 
made it plainly obvious in the boggart scene and hopefully JKR would 
have set such a big error straight.

About Trelawney, I figured that scene was all misdirection making us 
more suspcicious Lupin had something to hide. Well, he *was* hiding 
the secret about Sirius being an animagus, but not the thing Snape 
accused him of about helping Sirius get into the castle.  The 
Trelawney scene reminded me of the scene on the train when the 
Sneakoscope went off but it wasn't obvious yet that Pettigrew was 
the reason why. Lupin came off looking suspicious both times.

About the cockroach thing, JKR must think they're funny as they show 
up again when Harry is surprised to learn the password for DD's 
office is 'cockroach cluster'. Is there some Scottish or British 
humour in cockroaches or what?? In Texas they are the size and heft 
of...well I can't think of a comparison but they're BIG, and after 
one time of putting your shoe on and feeling a roach in there you 
are too squicked out to laugh much. ;)

Jen R., without much to add but saw POA last night and noticed the 
moon boggart.