After the KISS

[Heather Moore]

No: HPFGUIDX 30562

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., clarinut76 at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., rucham78 at y... wrote:
> > Has it ever been mentioned in canon what happens to the witch or 
> > wizard who has been kissed by a Dementor? I know that the soul is 
> > kissed, but does the witch remain alive? Can this witch then 
> function 
> > as a magic person? So you think s/he can talk/walk/so magic after 
> > being kissed, or do they become vegetables? [Are they taken to 
St. 
> > Mungo's and killed, like pulling the plug on someone who is alive 
> > only by virtue of respirator?]
> > It is dreadful to be KISSED as I gather from canon, but can one 
go 
> > back and learn about magic? Become a magic person again?
> > Any thoughts?
> > Rucha
> 
> I'm new here, but it is my understanding that once a witch or 
wizard 
> is kissed by a dementor, they live, but they only exist.  They have 
> no powers, no memory, no nothing.  I highly doubt that after being 
> kissed that a person can go back and re-learn about being magic.  
> Lupin says in the third book that they only exist.  No sense of 
self, 
> no nothing.  
> 
> Rachel


  The victims of the dementors appear to become the opposite of 
ghosts. Ghosts are "departed," ie Dead-But-Not-Gone, victims 
are "demented," or Gone-But-Not-Dead.  (And then of course there are 
the more populous categories of "Dead-And-Gone" and the ever 
popular "Not-Dead-And-Not-Gone.")

  -- Heather (uma)

    Ringmistress of the Potterverse Metaphysical Circus
      (Enjoy the prime rib! We're here through Thursday...)