[ SECRET POST #3371 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3371 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Defense against werewolves seems to be pretty much the same as bear defense. If it is attacking you then you better kill it before it kills you. I have no problem with that, seems sound given the potential deathyness of the situation. As long as Lupin stays either human shaped or has enough human mind not to attack someone then it is not an issue, if he has gone wolf then killing him probably is the safest option as he literally is a godless killing machine at that point.

[(Anonymous)]

Defense against werewolves as taught by the extremely bigoted wizarding world is the same as bear defense. Even as I try not to side-eye you over believing it's totally fine to kill a human who is human for (in total) over 11 out of 12 months of the year, I have to point out that the books repeatedly drill it into the readers that the wizarding world's stance on this is wrong, pretty much only advocated by people like Umbridge and Snape, and there are other non-lethal methods to deal with werewolves. (how would James have saved Snape from Lupin as kids if killing him was the only way to do that?)

More to the point, Snape taught the students to recognize a werewolf in human form (how else would Hermione have made the connection), further suggesting he had no real expectation of the students coming across Lupin in his werewolf form.

[(Anonymous)]

If said human turns into a monster and tries to kill you you better believe killing it is the best option.

[(Anonymous)]

Becoming an animagus isn't exactly an easy thing which is what James and co. had to do to be around Lupin when he was a werewolf.

[(Anonymous)]

There is absolutely no way James turned into an Animagus in front of Snape in order to save him from Lupin, otherwise Snape would've known about their Animagus forms (and known to at least look for animals around Hogwarts when Sirius escaped in PoA).

[(Anonymous)]

James pulled Snape back. He didn't actually physically do anything to Lupin.

[(Anonymous)]

"Most of the time they're normal humans like you or me. Just remember that when one is launching itself at you, jaws open and teeth gleaming, in an unstoppable, unquenchable thirst for blood. Try and, I don't know, knock it out or something. "

[(Anonymous)]

Because god knows the only spells wizard kids are taught these days are Avada Kedavra, amirite?

There's nothing that says Remus can't be knocked out when he's in wolf or human form. Harry managed to use a Stunning Spell against Fenrir Greyback in DH (Fenrir was human at the time, but
it does disprove the popular fanon that werewolves are somehow immune to being affected by spells the way regular wizards are).

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not defending Snape, for the record. I think it's pretty clear that he was just trying to get Lupin run out of town for vindictive personal reasons.

But if a monster is trying to kill you - even if it's not a monster most of the time - you have to secure your own safety first, which presumably means using the safest possible option to you. That presumably means locking down the threat in the most definitive means possible.