damilyn replied to your post: So I was rereading the Fantastic Beasts...
Newt isn’t a politician or lawmaker, he’s a scientist. So, if I had to guess, I would assume that the Registry started out as a good concept, but fell into being such a hellish system when actually implemented because of the heavy rules and regulations that were enacted over the course of the century.
All the book gives us is that he was “Almost solely responsible for the creation of the Werewolf Register in 1947...”
But I see where you’re going. That he intended to use it to help stop the spread of the “disease,” possibly without realizing the consequences of Outing these people to employers/the ministry/etc.
JKR, we need some answers over here!















