[HPforGrownups] Wolfsbane/Portkey questions

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 191423

Quoting Alanna <lilandriss at yahoo.com>:

> Hello all! I have a couple of questions that I was hoping someone   
> could help me with.
>
> 1) Wolfsbane potion is supposed to let Lupin/whoever else keep his   
> mind, right? So, would that make him more like an animagus rather   
> than a dangerous, supernatural creature so long as he has taken it?   
> If that's the case, then why does he shut himself away? He's got   
> control of his mind, so he's not dangerous, right? Why isn't he off   
> running around in the forest or, in case of third year, prowling the  
>  halls on patrol or something? And why, if he's taking the potion,  
> is  in control and isn't dangerous, would he be shunned?

Partly due to tradition.  The WW is very tradition-bound, and  
wolfsbane potion is a fairly new thing IIRC.  Until it's _proven_ to  
be effective in all cases, werewolves are, when transformed, still to  
be considered incredibly dangerous, what with their lust for human  
flesh and their contagious bites.

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