prillalar | Oh dear god.

In PoA, when Lupin forgets to take his potion, he doesn't actually change until they go outside and the moon comes out from behind a cloud.

How am I supposed to work with this? Why would anybody need that stupid potion if all they had to do during the full moon is stay indoors with the shades drawn?

I'm just going to ignore that particular passage.

I find it interesting, though, that after Lupin changes, he's then referred to as "the werewolf" and "it" rather than "Lupin" and "him".

Also, snow day! The buses are running, the schools are open, but my office is closed! I think this is a gift from the fic gods so I can get a good start on my Snape/Lupin fic, which I've been putting off. I hope that makes all the kids who have to trudge to school through the snow feel better.

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Though maybe it had just reached "fullness"

I suppose that's possible, but the actual moment of fullness (or whatever the scientific term for it) can be in the morning:

As in June of 1994 (which is when the Shrieking Shack scene happens in PoA)

FULL MOON
d h m
JUNE 23 11 33 <- this is GMT, so the moon reached fullness at 11:33 am on 6/23/94 (I think she's got the date is wrong PoA - isn't it early June? - but let's not bother about that), and Hogwarts is in GMT isn't it?

So if that were the case, would it mean that some months, werewolves change during the day?

I think we just have to forgive the huge honking plot hole and say, "it's magic!"

Oh dear god.

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