Maligning Lupin/werewolves

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 150213


> zgirnius:
> I think that the magical ropes (or whatever they were) that Snape 
> used to tie up Lupin might well have held through the transformation. 
> If so, Snape did take steps necessary to ensure that Lupin posed no 
> threat. He simply chose to do so in a way that was less pleasant for 
> Lupin than taking a potion would have been.
>

Pippin:
Also a way that's safer for Snape. JKR tells us that a clever wizard might
be able to transfigure veritaserum  into something else.
Presumably that could be done with wolfsbane too, if the werewolf
wanted an excuse to attack.

Pippin