[HPforGrownups] Re: Animagi (was A Crazy Idea)

[Vicky Ra]

No: HPFGUIDX 20229

Doreen: I like the bat idea. Perhaps Snape *is* a bat animagi, as someone
suggested. If he is, perhaps that is why Snape *acts* like a vampire
with his swishing cape ... or was that swirling cape?


I don't understand what vampires have to do with swishing robes...

As for Snape as an animagus, he seems more the snake type. Funny this should
come up, as we've discussed it over at Syrina's Snape list. Anyway, Snape is
always described as hissing, and he always seems to appear out of nowhere.
He moves quietly and seems to glide along, like a snake would. He's also
smart. I like to imagine him with a snake for a pet. It'd be cool if he were
a Parselmouth, too, but I doubt there's evidence for this in canon. Too bad.

Is it possible to choose the animal one becomes? Obviously, becoming an
animagus is difficult, but can be learned, as opposed to parseltongue. Or
does the animal one becomes reflect the personality of the animagus, such as
the Patronus, which differs from wizard to wizard?

Vicky