[HPforGrownups] Re: Dementors & animagi

[Lucy Austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 29942

>>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


Thinking along the same lines, Calypso!  :-)  I noticed your reply coming through at the same time as mine!!

New question - can a Dementor suck out the soul of a Animagus in animal form, or would they have been able to escape?

Lucy


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