Maligning Lupin/werewolves

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 150240

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
>

Carol adds:
IIRC, the potion must be drunk steaming hot. Snape sees a werewolf
running to aid a "murderer" and he's supposed to run outside, past the
Whomping Willow, without this steaming potion spilling all over him
and onto the ground, and then persuade the werewolf to drink what's
left of it when he reaches the end of the tunnel? Of course he puts it
down and runs off to catch the renegades before they harm any
students, intending to use the conjured ropes to hold down the
werewolf while he turns in the "murderer" to the authorities. It would
be absurd to try to take the potion to Lupin, who must have known that
it was coming but chose not to wait two more minutes, and expect him
to calmly drink the cooled dregs that Snape presented to him. Snape
thinks he's dealing with a pair of criminals and is treating them
accordingly.

Carol, agreeing with zgirnius and to some extent with Pippin but
adding her two cents