Werewolf Mystery

[lanval1015]

No: HPFGUIDX 153824

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ceridwen" <ceridwennight at ...> 
wrote:

> PAR:
> > In POA, Hermione actually ASKS: " What if you'd given the others 
> the slip, and bitten somebody?".  Bitten somebody. Not killed 
> somebody.  
> 
> Ceridwen:
> Werewolfs have a XXXXX rating (Highest rating - "Known wizard-
> killer / impossible to train or domesticate") in Fantastic Beasts 
& 
> Where to Find Them.  In the text, the werewolf is referred to as 
> a 'murderous beast' and says that, almost uniquely, the werewolf 
> actively seeks humans in preference to any other kind of prey 
> (FB&WTFT pg 41-42).
> 

Lanval:
Ah, yes, the schoolbooks. Will go see if I can find 'Fantastic 
Beasts'..


> If Lupin had gotten hold of Snape (or any other human during his 
> monthly prowls), he would have savaged him and tried to kill him.  
It 
> wouldn't have been Lupin's fault (unless he was in on the Prank in 
> his human form beforehand, in case anyone asks ;) ) but it still 
> would have happened.  Dumbledore was under the impression that 
this 
> created a Life Debt between Snape and James.  So, I believe that 
> Snape was in real danger and James really saved him.
> 
> Ceridwen.
>
Lanval:
See, I think so, too. I'd prefer the life debt to be real (for 
several reasons, one of course being that I don't want to believe 
JKR would doom an entire plot arc by a mistake). Which is why HBP 
confused me so. Besides, her 'new' werewolf interpretation adds so 
many more problems.