Animagus Vulnerabilities (Was:Rita Skeeter Ever So Evil??)

[linda_mccabe]

No: HPFGUIDX 36430

Caroline Flowers wrote:
Hermione's ban on scandal-mongering in the press. Ripe time to sell 
her skills to Voldy, I'd say. (Oh, good! Rita Skeeter is Ever so 
Evil!)
I worry about Rita too... She saw Sirius transform,
right?  And *everything* that went on between Fudge &
Dumbledore in the hospital room?  I don't know about
Ever So Evil, but I think Ever So Opportunistic would
be a great label for her...


And then Tex wrote: 
Yes, the one-year ban sounds more plot-driven than character-
driven.  McG has taught the Griffs how to transfigure beetles into
buttons.  So why didn't Herme-OWN-ni-ni turn Ms Skeeter
into a button, and feed her to a passing owl?
 
Tex
Ever So Creative

Athena:

This brings up a couple things I've been thinking about.  One, I 
hope that Hermione comes to her senses and sends an owl post to 
Dumbledore and tells him about Rita Skeeter's violations of 
Hogwart's policy and her devious "beetle on the wall" deceptions to 
get unauthorized information.  I'm sure that Dumbledore will know 
how best to deal with her.  Otherwise, should Hermione just let her 
out - then Snape's history as a Death Eater turned spy and Sirius 
being friends with Dumbledore and a shaggy black dog animagus cover 
will be blown.  That's just too much info to trust with Rita 
behaving herself with a threat of having her own unregistered 
animagus info being blown.

And as for Skeeter being turned into a button - I've been wondering 
something else along similar lines.  I searched the archives to see 
if anyone else had thought this, but didn't come up with anything 
close.  Let's just suppose that if you cannot determine what animal 
you'd like to become and it has something to do with your innate 
talents - and according to canon your animagus self also allows you 
to converse with similar creatures (Pettigrew talking with rats, 
Sirius with cats or Kneazles) then wouldn't you assume that since 
Harry is a parseltongue that if he became an Animagus that he would 
become a glorious green-eyed snake?  

Here's my question:  If Harry were an Animagus snake and came upon 
Wormtail in his Animagus rat form, what would happen if Harry 
swallowed the rat whole?  Would the enchanted rat be digested in the 
snake like a real rat?  Or could Wormtail transform back into his 
wizard self and blow a hole through Harry's snake belly?  Or what if 
it could be like Greek Mythology and have Harry be able to just keep 
Peter trapped in his belly until he takes some epicac and throws up 
the rat.  You know - conveniently in front of Ministry of Magic 
officials to then help clear his long suffering Godfather Sirius.

Just trying to imagine some of the creative plot twists that are 
awaiting us in the next three books.

Athena