[HPforGrownups] Winged animagi

[Edblanning at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 36134


I (Eloise) quoted Catlady ( not having whisp to hand)
> 
> > >Kenilworthy Whisp's introduction to Quidditch Through the Ages 
> > >mentions bat animagi (IIRC the adjective was 'rare') as the only 
> > >wizards who can fly without a broomstick or other enchanted 
> object. 
> 
> Christi replies:
> Forgive me if this has already been replied to; I'd gotten behind 
> on posts at one point and had to skim through them to catch up. The 
> quote is "Those few Animagi who transform into winged creatures may 
> enjoy flight, but they are a rarity. The witch or wizard who finds 
> him- or herself transfigured into a bat may takew to the air, but, 
> having a bat's brain, they are sure to forget where they want to go 
> the moment they take flight". So, unless I'm reading this completely 
> wrong, bat Animagi are not the only ones who can fly.
> 
Now that's another interesting point. If you have the brain of the creature 
you transform into, how do *any* animagi function effectively in their animal 
forms? How, in fact, do they remember how to transform back again? How can 
Rita Skeeter understand a word that's said to her?

Eloise


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