Marauders learning to be animagi, SnapeFAQ

[gwendolyngrace]

No: HPFGUIDX 35734

Heidi said:
> I don't think he can become an animagus (or if he
> could, he'd be a wolf) because if he did, then
> wouldn't it seem that being in another form would
> prevent the transformation from happening, and thus he
> would've been able to use becoming an animagus as a
> cure for the monthly lycanthropy?
>
> In other words, if he could be a bunny or even a
> bobcat, would the moon have the same affect on him?

Well, evidently not, as you then go on to theorize that he *did*
transform (to a cute fluffy bunny rabbit, no less--snicker!), but that
the moon worked its mojo anyway, rendering the Animagus effect useless.

But it's definitely a cute theory! (and not just because of Bugsy)

I think he *could* become an Animagus, but just has never seen the
point of it. For one thing, there is the danger that he'd become a
wolf, and Remus probably doesn't want to equate his own nature that
closely with that of the wolf. For another, there's a danger that he
would become something else, and being one animal once a month is
probably enough for the poor guy. He doesn't need the confusion of
being two animals.


Heidi went on to valiantly defend my honour, saying:
> Gwendolyn Grace, who has a long history of excellent
> Snape posts and Snapexpertise, is in the middle of
> spending about 100+ hours writing the Snape FAQ. She's
> ploughed through about 28,000 messages so far, and is
> doing a thorough job on covering all the oft-discussed
> topics revolving around the Potions Master.

I'd just like to add that anyone who *really* wants to help out on
compiling the information on Snape into easy Q/A categories and
format, once I've gotten caught up (8,565 messages to go--and
counting), is WELCOME to email me off-list and work with me on getting
this monster document together. It will not be quite as long as the
Humongous Bigfile, but we might come close.

Gwen