Lupin's Patronus

[Jacqueline Brasen]

No: HPFGUIDX 28894

Kyli wrote:
I was thinkng more along the lines of no one else can
see what your  patronus is. Like when the silvery
stuff comes out of wands, it could only be the
conjurer that sees its form is.

And Betty said:
<snip>And to the person who wrote that Lupin says
he's not an expert and therefore implied that he can't
do a proper patronus, remember that he *did* fight off
a dementor on the train.  I also think that could just
be a sort of self-deprecating comment.

While I agree that Lupin is being humble, and isnt
inexperienced I believe I have stumbled on a simpler
answer to this question.  In chapter ten of PoA Harry
asks Lupin to teach him how to repel the dementors. 
Lupin says, There are  certain defenses one can
use
So, perhaps Dumbledore and Lupin were not casting the
patronus spell.  Weve seen before that there can be
more than one way to accomplish a task.  Maybe Lupin
choose to teach Harry the patronus because that would
be the easiest for him to learn.  

Ill go back into lurkdom now, thanks for listening.

Jackie


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