More Animagus (A Clarification)

[Emily F]

No: HPFGUIDX 45882

bboy said:

>If they had all turned into rats, or say a rat, a squirrel, and a
>rabbit, (or pick three small furry animals of your own) they would
>have undergone a very dangerous and illegal tranformation only to find
>the they had become animals that weren't capable of handling a
>werewolf. Being able to control Lupin as well as keep him company
>while he was a werewolf was the whole point of doing it.

Controlling Lupin was not vital, since they became animagi in order to keep 
him company.

"'They couldn't keep me company as humans, so they kept me company as 
animals,' said Lupin. ... They would then slip down the tunnel and join me. 
Under their influence, I became less dangerous.'"  (PoA, US QP ed., pg. 
354-5, "Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs")

It's not until two paragraphs later that Lupin explains:

"'[W]ell, highly exciting possibilities were open to us now that we could 
all transform. Soon we were leaving the Shrieking Shack and roaming the 
school and the village by night.'"  (pg. 355)

IOW, being able to control Lupin had nothing to do with the reason that they 
became animagi.  As long as they were in their animal form, he was no danger 
to them, so there was no need to control him.  Their size only became 
important later, when they decided that they could have a little fun with 
their newfound freedom.

Emily, who has no opinion on whether animagi choose their animal forms, and 
will now go back to lurking.

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