Animagi/Fred, George and a new FLINT?

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 67853

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kirstini" <kirst_inn at y...> 
wrote:

>  '...I could transform in my cell... become a dog. Dementors can't 
> see, you know...' He swallowed. 'They feel their ways towards 
people 
> by sensing their emotions...they could tell that my feelings were 
> less - less human, less complex when I was a dog...' (PoA, p272)
> And again:
> '...it's so much harder for them to sense animal emotions that they 
> were confused...' (PoA, p273)
> 
> ARGH! It doesn't make sense. Peter-as-Animagus and Sirius-as-
> Animagus appear to have completely different experiences. While 
> Peter-as-Scabbers finds a wizard family to take him in in order to 
> know what's going on: "'Keeping a ear out for news, weren't you 
> Peter?'"(p271), which implies potential for human facilities, 
Sirius 
> claims that his emotions were those of an "animal"?. There are some 
> huge discrepancies here. Sirius and James as Animagi must have 
> retained enough of their human brains to know that they had a moral 
> responsibility over Remus the werewolf, morals being something 
> particular to humans. Perhaps the Animagic transformation only 
> affects the physical form and emotions? Rats are capable of feeling 
> fear - but fear sustained over a long period of time, combined with 
> knowledge of the source of that fear? Isn't that a more human 
> comprehension? 
> 
> Kirstini. Thesis obviously going swimmingly. Supervisor not very 
> happy.

Me:
I think that's a fairly safe bet. Afterall, McGonagall is not only 
able to read maps as a cat, she also maintains her sense of purpose 
and her stiff posture. The emotions may get simpler, but the mind 
remains the same. Peters fear reaction is a human reaction, based on 
human knowledge. It's possible to be intellectually afraid without 
have the biological fight/flight fear reaction, at the same time, it 
is possible for a human to *think* themselves into a panic, which is 
basicaly what Peter did. Peter the wizard knows that Remus and Sirius 
are going to kill him - hence, the Rat is afraid.

~Calimora (barely dry-eyed)