McGonagall's Disloyalty
Calypso
Calypso8604 at aol.com
Sun Nov 25 19:08:36 UTC 2001
No: HPFGUIDX 29941
Lucy wrote:
> "I suppose it's a case of what Lupin was saying about a Patronus
being a very advanced piece of magic - clearly McGonagall's never
bothered to learn it. Perhaps you only take the trouble to learn the
spell if you're likely to encounter Dementors, and she didn't think
that was likely as a law-abiding school teacher! Which also gives the
interesting side question of just how Lupin came into contact with
Dementors and needed to learn it?"
Well, I think that during Voldemort's first rise MWPP, McGonagall and
others were all part of an alliance against Voldemort. Lupin would
want to learn the Patronus spell as a form of a protection, as he
can't turn into an animal at will and escape a dementor easily like
the rest.
~ Calypso
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