The Cure - Why not use it Poppy?/Say it isn't so, Lupin!

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 170007

> > Magpie:
> 
> <Large Snip>
> 
> > Of course Hermione's responsible for Marietta ending up 
> > with the pustules. That's why Harry's so proud of his 
> > friend in HBP. Look at how well her hex holds up.
> 
> <Snip>
> 
> Goddlefrood:
> 
> I agree on this point. There was something I wanted to add to 
> the discussion of the SNEAK pustules even though it may not be 
> thought possible to do so.
> 
> Why, if bubotuber pus is effective against the more stubborn 
> froms of acne (p. 172 - GoF, Blomsbury Hardback), did Poppy 
> not apply it to Marietta?
> 
> Madam Sprout had given a large supply of the stuff to Madam 
> Pomfrey and it would be well known to her, methinks. Perhaps 
> Poppy doesn't like sneaks and felt it apposite to leave Ms. 
> Edgecombe with her pustules.

Magpie:
As charming as it would be to have a school nurse who decides which 
students deserve to be cured of hexes and which ones don't, why 
assume she didn't use it? The pus didn't seem to work on Eloise 
Midgen either. The cure isn't a secret. Marietta would have learned 
about it herself, as would Cho have.

Dana:
The change for werewolves will not come from an outside source and
LV can not provide that for Lupin either. The only way werewolves
can live among the WW population is if they would want to live among
them as fellow humans and not prey on them. The more werewolves
acknowledge that they are humans for the most part and just
werewolves once a month, the more they would be able to be part of
society but as long as they want to be werewolves and deny their
human identity of their being then they will never be able to get
closer to acceptance. 

Magpie:
While I agree on Lupin's view of himself, this seems to be 
suggesting that werewolves are persecuted because they don't want to 
be human. The opposite seems to be true. Werewolves are indeed 
barred from participating in their society fully whether they are 
human or not. Greyback is one werewolf who wants to prey on others, 
but I don't think we're supposed to assume he speaks for most. 
Society has turned its back on all werewolves including those like 
Lupin. This could lead to them both to considering a better life 
under LV whether or not they are like Greyback and to be more angry 
and so want to hunt freely. LV appeals to the extreme end like 
Greyback, but the WW drives away the ones who want to be human as 
well. Greyback's message has an undercurrent of revenge against the 
people who have mistreated them when they did nothing wrong.

-m