Homorphus / Goats / Helga's Cup / Hit man

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 166970

Goddlefrood wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/166481>:

<< Wolfsbane Potion seems to control a werewolf, but if there is such
a thing as a Homorphus Charm as claimed by Gilderoy Lockhart in CoS
(he said he cured a werewolf) then why is it not used on those, such
as Remus, who clearly do not enjoy their lupine state. >>

See tbe thread on Homorphus culminating in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/165957>.

Carol wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/166501>:

<< There's also that odd reference to inappropriate Charms on goats,
which I trust will remain unexplained, >>

IIRC some listie suggested that, altho' the joke is obvious, the
reality is that he was trying to invent a way to get bezoars out of
goats without hurting the goats. (Real bezoars are stomach hairballs
usually from goats, but the medieval belief was that bezoars grow
inside the skulls of toads, so the toad must be killed to extract one.
If that were 'true', Neville, as a toad lover, would be trying to
invent a way to extract the bezoar without harming the toad.) Related
possibilities include trying to increase the production of bezoars and
trying to make bezoars that cure even more things.

I agree with you that Albus really has no doubt that Aberforth can read.

Carol wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/166851>:

<< The cup, I just realized, can't be Helga Hufflepuff's since the one
Hepzibah Smith had isn't described as being inlaid with stones, and
they wouldn't be rubies if there were any--more likely topazes or
whatever the yellow stones are in the Hufflepuff hourglass. >>

The gold is the Hufflepuff yellow, so I imagine she'd inlay it with
black stones -- maybe onyx? A black stone with white stripes like the
Badger's face would be perfect -- is there such a thing as a cat's-eye
onyx?

Lupinlore wrote in
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/166864>:

<< if Harry dies the price of hit men will go through the roof, since
JKR will have two publishing companies and a major studio putting out
contracts on her >>

No, they'll pressure her to write a prequel, maybe about James so
Daniel Radcliffe can play the part, with a new actress as Lily.