Lupin's behavior (Was: CHAPDISC: DH11, The Bribe)

[Carol]

No: HPFGUIDX 180666


Carol earlier:
> > 
> > Again, I've already said this, so please forgive me for repeating
myself. There are two possible ways to protect HRH from Lupin's
transformations: to lock him up (cf. the Shrieking Shack) or to make
Wolfbane Potion. 
> 
> Mike:
> There is a third option. Lupin can do whatever those other
werewolves that don't have access to wolfsbane do. Apparate to an
island out in the Irish Sea, some vast uninhabited moor, a place like
the Forbidden Forest; some place where he'll do no harm. There a
supposed to be many more "of [his] kind" besides Greyback. What do you
suppose they do during a full moon? What did Lupin himself do during
the year of HBP when he was supposedly spying on the other werewolves
for Dumbledore? Do you suppose he left them and didn't transform with
them? Not a good way to make friends and influence werewolves, 
wouldn't you say? <snip>
>
Carol again:

Since you concede a fair number of my points and we'll never agree on
the others (Harry's right to criticize Lupin's behavior, etc.) I'll
jut add quickly that Harry does regret the loss of his temper and he
does ask dead!Lupin's forgiveness (whereas Lupin, who kicked the
furniture and hit Harry with a spell, implicitly forgives Harry but
never apologizes for his own conduct. Dead!Lupin says, "I'm sorry,
too," but what he's sorry for is leaving his only son an orphan, not
his behavior toward Harry in Harry's own house.

To return to Mike's post, we don't know what happens to most of the
werewolves in the WW when they transform. You'd think, wouldn't you,
that a lot more people would be bitten, adding rather dramatically to
the werewolf population. It's one of the weak points in the stories.
Whether there's a werewolf colony in the Forbidden Forest or not (I
think not, or DD would have been a lot more careful about letting the
students out onto the grounds on full-moon nights), Lupin can't get
there to hide. The Forbidden Forest is on Hogwarts grounds, and you
can't Apparate or Disapparate into it (or pass through gates guarded
by DEs once Voldemort has taken over the school).

What Lupin does without Wolfbane Potion after PoA, I don't know.
Clearly, he's transforming somewhere given the shape he's in when we
see him in HBP, but I doubt that he's hidomg om 12 GP to do it. Those
wolf howls would be a lot louder and scarier than Mrs. Black's
shrieks. The Shrieking Shack had the reputation as the most haunted
place in Britain. It's a question I'd want someone to ask JKR if I had
more faith in her interview responses.

Carol, wondering what Lupin *did* do on full-moon nights when he was
living with the werewolves and was assuredly not taking Wolfbane potion