Werewolves and RL equivalents (was:Re: Snape - a werewolf bigot?

[Bruce Alan Wilson]

No: HPFGUIDX 170396

"Lanval:
Okay, again, where's the canon for Lupin being a habitual 
childish brat about taking his potion, and being willfully 
irresponsible? We see ONE instance, and as I've pointed out 
above, it's very much open to interpretation. I see no evidence 
that he had any intention of not drinking it. Calling that a 
blase attitude is going a bit far, I think, and mostly 
conjecture. "



It isn't a perfect analogy, but I'm diabetic. Sometimes I get 
tired of testing my blood sugar. Sometimes I get fed up with 
having to consider how many carbs and how much fat is in 
everything I put in my mouth. I'm not on insulin (yet) but 
my friends who are say that calculating how much insulin to 
inject to counteract the carbs and sugar they had at the last 
meal is a major pain in the epizodic. Intellectually we know 
how important being vigilent in the management of our condition 
is, but sometimes we want to just say "The hell with it! If I 
want a doughnut, I'll have a doughnut! If I don't feel like 
jabbing myself in the finger to some blood, I won't!" So I 
can understand why Lupin gets fed up with constantly consulting 
the lunar phase chart, why sometimes the thought of drinking 
the Wolfsbane Potion makes him fee nausiated.  Does that mean 
that the times when he doesn't are OK?  Of course not! But if 
he didn't, sometimes, feel that way and even act accordingly 
the character would be unbelievable. 

Bruce Alan Wilson

"The bicycle is the most civilized conveyance known to man. 
Other forms of transport grow daily more nightmarish. Only 
the bicycle remains pure in heart."--Iris Murdoch