Snape - a werewolf bigot?? Was: Say it isn't so Lupin!!!

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 170103

 
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> Colebiancardi: 
> > I know what JKR has compared Lupin's werewolfishness to a disease, 
> but
> > I also look to the lore behind werewolves as well, which JKR has 
> drawn
> > from.   Lupin seems to be the exception to the lore (he doesn't 
> relish
> > biting or killing humans and doesn't want to), but again, I view 
> him
> > as the exception, not the rule.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> No, I do not think that. I think if WW gives werewolves a chance to 
> battle their disease with wolfsbane and I don't know, being able to 
> earn a living, many of them will choose to do so.
> 
> IMO of course.

colebiancardi:

Depends on when they got bitten, how old they were and if those
wolfies were not allowed into Hogwarts under the care of DD.  I am not
sure if Lupin is the exception(bitten as a young child) but if he is
not, then surely the parents - if wizards - would have tried to
procure wolfsbane?  Lupin doesn't state that Snape is the "only"
wizard to make wolfsbane, just that there aren't too many wizards that
do make it.  I agree the WW in general doesn't advance the cause of
werewolves and there is a lot of fear towards them, but unless
wolfsbane is a new potion, I cannot believe that no one else out
there, besides Lupin, would have not tried to get their hands on it.  

JKR hasn't introduced that many "good" wolfies in this saga - we only
have Lupin and even he doesn't say that much good about his fellow
members of his furry club.  Afterall, he does state that the majority
of them are on Voldemort's side and the leader of the pack, Fenrir,
wants to bite and contaminate as many people as possible.

Even with the wolfsbane, if a werewolf forgets to take it, he/she is a
 massive danger to the wizarding community.  I don't know how one
could regulate the taking of such a potion - even under a controlled
enviroment like Hogwarts - Lupin forgot about taking his potion due to
other "pressing" issues at hand.  Wolfsbane doesn't reduce the
wolfishness over time, it just reduces the aggressiveness for that
month.  So, to many in the wizarding world, this is a major concern,
for themselves and their children.  

Don't get me wrong, I like Lupin and am glad to see a sterotype broken
about werewolves (unless pippen's ESE!Lupin is truly true ;) ) but the
centuries of lore and how werewolves conduct themselves are major
strikes against Lupin and werewolves in general.  I think that Lupin
knows he is a danger and that his friends, who love & care for him, do
not really realize what a true danger he is.

colebiancardi