OOP movie SPOILER

[justcarol67]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214"
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> Alla:
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> Okay, should be enough I hope.  If you guys had read moview review 
> on Leaky, one of the things they mention is that Ginny's Patronus is 
> a Phoenix.
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> They think that this is too important of the detail for movie 
> people  to put in without consulting with JKR first whether it is Ok.
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> Personally I agree, I think it is canonical then, otherwise JKR 
> would have said that it is just not right.
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> But if it is canon indeed, then GAH. Does it mean that Ginny is as 
> powerful as Albus Dumbledore? And this is from someone who actually 
> likes Ginny, but please can she be more perfect than that?
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> Super super powerful Ginny? I mean, phoenix implies a lot of power 
> in Potterwerse, no?
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> Alla, the dissapointed one.
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Carol responds:

"Gah!" is the word, all right. If it's any comfort, I doubt that
Ginny's Phoenix Patronus is canonical. After all, Dumbledore is still
alive in OoP, and surely there's no canonical reason for her Patronus
to closely resemble his.

Also, I don't think that a Patronus symbolizes power so much as
immortality, or, in DD's case, a long life and a close relationship
with Fawkes. And the Patronus is a "spirit guardian," not (as I
understand it) a reflection of the caster's own personality like an
Animagus form.

At most, it may indicate that Ginny will have a long life or inherit
Fawkes (though I think that Fawkes will go to Harry, the Keeper of the
Tail Feather).

Carol, who thinks that Ginny's Patronus is probably a cat or a Kneazle