Heartstring / Snape by Pip / Animagi

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 39732

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "marinafrants" <rusalka at i...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "catlady_de_los_angeles" <catlady at w...> 
> wrote:
> > > Oh, and since it's obvious that an animagus needs to keep 
> > > his/her intelligence when transforming so that they can change
> > > back, can the same be said for people transfigured by others 
> > > like Draco-Ferret? 
> > 
> > No, according to Quidditch Through the Ages:
> > "The witch or wizard who finds him- or herself transfigured into 
a  bat may take to the air, but, having a bat's brain, they are sure 
> to 
> > forget where they want to go the moment they take flight."


> Yeah, but we know that's not true.  Reeta Skeeter turns into a 
> beetle and flies around all over the place while retaining enough 
> human intelligence to eavesdrop on conversations and remember them 
> well enough to write them down later. She certainly has no problems 
> remembering where she wants to go as a beetle. My theory is that 
the 
> guy who wrote QTA may have known a lot about Quidditch, but he 
> didn't know squat about Animagus transformation. :-)
> 
> Marina

Maybe it's time for me to reread the books, but I was under the 
impression that Rita was also an unregistered Animagus.  IIRC, in 
discussions about what-we-don't-want-to-see-more-of in the remaining 
books in the series, a number of people had said that we have quite 
enough unregistered Animagi, thank you very much. If that's the case, 
then of course she retains her human intelligence the same as 
Wormtail, Padfoot or Prongs.  

Marianne