WannabeAnimagi(wasMy favorite non-hum

[catlady_de_los_angeles]

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Subject: Re:WannabeAnimagi(wasMy favorite non-hum
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Date: 8/10/00 9:27 pm  (ET)

> Any wanna-be Animagi out there? If so, what animal?

Me, me! I don't know that I'd ever do the work and face the danger to
actually become an Animagus, especially as one doesn't get to choose
the animal, but I'd love to be able to turn into....

.... big surprise! A cat!

Altho' it's hard to decide whether it would be better to be a Felis
domesticus, a good form for being unobtrusive, hiding out, and for spying,
as well as communing with the full-timers, but not all that great for
fighting against humans or travelling long distances,

or to be a cougar, panther, or white tiger (listed in order of increasing
good at the good things and increasing bad at the bad things), excellent
for combat, good at covering a lot of distance in one night, not good at
being unobtrusive in built-up areas, but the right size for experimenting
in inter-species sex, or at least cuddling, with people in wolf, big dog,
and human form.

Ah, the real me, not being a character in a novel, has a nice soft life
with no need for combat or spying or secret travelling or hiding from
Gestapo, and no friends who shape-shift, so obviously Felis domesticus is
my choice. Fluffy grey cat (the color called 'blue' as in Russian Blue)
with white nose and toes.

The character in the novel might find raccoon a useful form. Raccoons are
well-adapted to urban life and therefore already found in many American
cities. They're not good at long distance travelling, but they have
cute little hands that can very effectively dis-assemble the mechanical
drain stopper in the bath tub: when I was a kid, one came in through
our cat door (cat flap to Brits) and did so. He didn't re-assemble it,
but a raccoon occupied by a human mind could be like the gadget-meister
character on the old Mission Impossible TV show, right? *And* use a wand?

Btw, when we put the drain stopper mechanism together, except there were
some parts left over, it worked better than it ever had before!