lupin, werewolves & "wagga wagga"

[mmmwintersteiger]

No: HPFGUIDX 147356

PAR:
> we have Lockhart "demonstrating" his dealing with the "wagga 
> wagga werewolf"...claims...use of "the immensely complex 
> Homophus Charm"(COS  pg 162 scholastic edition) to turn a 
> werewolf back into a man.  

Very interesting question you brought up.  I had forgotton about 
the werewolf "cure".  I would be wary of anything Lockhart had 
claimed to have done though.  He could have been embellishing his 
story for the books he wrote.  The person whose memory he stole 
could have just been treating the werewolf symptoms with Wolfsbane 
Potion and Lockhart decided to make the "story" even better by 
having the werewolf completely cured by the Homophus Charm.  For 
all we know no one has ever successfully performed the Charm.

PAR:
> If being a werewolf is a disease then some would want the cure. 
> Others, who have over the years become as sociopathic as Greyback 
> would reject both the potion and the charm. Any chance this issue 
> will come up in Book 7?

I absolutely think this issue will be addressed in book 7.  
Especially since Bill was injured by Greyback.  If Lupin is working 
up to performing the Homophus Charm this could be huge for book 7.  
Question: Can you perform the charm on yourself?  If not Lupin would 
still not be cured of his "disease".  

What if most of the werewolves don't have a conscience anymore?  
What if taking Wolfsbane Potion is the only way to retain the human 
part of yourself and Lupin is a rarity among the werewolf packs?  
Maybe Lupin was sent by DD to treat the new werewolves with 
Wolfsbane in an attempt to retain thier humain qualities?  In that 
case Lupin would be in even more danger than originally thought.  
Imagine the untreated, "human-less" werewolves finding out that 
Lupin was trying to treat the new recruits in order to help them 
retain their humanity.

This werewolf issue is quite vexing, definitely not enough info 
given to clear things up in my mind.  Of course I like it that way, 
causes one to have to think.

michelle