Do Animagi choose their forms? and the change over to yahoo groups

[MinnesotaGirlie7 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 11018

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Amanda Lewanski <editor at t...> wrote:

> Well, I got that impression from JKR saying that if she were an 
animagus, she
> hoped she'd be an otter, because she likes otters. The implication 
was strong
> that no choice is involved. It sounds like your animal is sort of a 
reflection
> or distillation of your personality. As I recall, she said this at 
some e-chat,
> when someone asked her about what she'd be.

Also... I read somewhere (it was some etymology place... possibly the 
Encyclopaedia Potterica or the Harry Potter Lexicon... I can't 
remember! Aargh!) that not only could Animagus be interpreted as 
"animal-wizard", but also as "soul of a wizard", which I found to be 
interesting. So... it could be that no choice is involved, but the 
animal chosen isn't _completely_ random. 

Which begs the question -- why a stag for James? And what animal
would 
Draco be -- did the spell that Moody/Crouch put on him reflect that
he 
might end up being an albino ferret Animagus?

(On Prof. McGonagall --)
> She seems tremendously cat-like to me! Hmm.

Yeah -- very clean, very neat, hunter-type. McGonagall all over. 
Besides... you couldn't very well have her be a dog -- dogs don't
peer 
sternly at people very well (from experience)... whereas a cat...

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