[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore an animagus?

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 4315

JUSDUCKY1 at aol.com wrote:

> what if Dumbledore can turn into more than one animal? Maybe he can turn into
> anything anytime he wants.

I don't think that's how the spell works. From Rowlings' comments to the effect
that she hopes she'd be an otter, but ick, what if she's a slug or something, I
got the impression that you learn the spell, which is sort of a "turn me into an
animal, one approximating my nature," and what you get is what you get.
Reminiscent of that Bloom County sequence where eating dandelions was discouraged
because it supposedly turned you into the physical manifestation of your inner
essence, and Steve Dallas ignored the warnings, ate one, and turned into a can of
Spam. "This, actually, comes as a surprise to no one."--Opus.  I suppose a
schizophrenic wizard could be more than one animal...?

--Amanda