Lupin's loyalties

justcarol67 justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 27 21:36:43 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 164211

Jenni from Alabama wrote:
> On a side note, I've been wondering why Lupin is so worried about
Tonks and he being in a relationship? I'm glad he changed his mind
-whether on his own or persuaded by Tonks. The reason why I wonder why
he's worried is because Tonks is a Metamorphmagus. During the times
that Lupin transforms into a werewolf, she could change into a dog or
a wolf  and remain safe with him. Has anyone else has thought about this?

Carol responds:
As I understand it, a Metamorphmagus can change her (or his)
appearance, for example, her hair color or the shape of her nose, and
she has twice transformed herself into an older woman, but there's no
evidence that she can turn herself into an animal. According to Tonks,
being a Metamorphmagus is an ability you're born with (though no
doubt, like most innate abilities, it can be improved with practice)
whereas becoming an Animagus is an acquired ability, learned through
study and practice. James Potter seems to have had a talent for
Transfiguration, and maybe the others did, too (Peter Pettigrew isn't
as talentless as everyone seems to assume), but they weren't born with
that ability. They had to study and practice for something like three
years, presumably at the expense of their homework in subjects other
than Transfiguration, to become (illegal) Animagi.

So while the Marauders' ability to transform into animals protected
them from werewolf!Remus, I don't think that Tonks's transformations
would protect her at all. She'd still be human.

Carol, thinking that Lupin's best hope, short of more reasonable
werewolf legislation, is to forgive and befriend the man who brewed
the wolfbane potion for him in PoA





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