[HPforGrownups] Re: Animagi (was: Three topics of interest - for comments

[Robert A. Rosenberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 69099

At 23:59 +0000 on 07/05/2003, Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) wrote 
about [HPforGrownups] Re: Animagi (was: Three topics of interest :

>I have a theory that a female werewolf cannot bear children because
>the monthly transformation is too hard on the fetus; she always
>miscarries because of the first or sometimes the second Full Moon
>after conception.

A restriction already used in one of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita 
Blake books ("Narcissus in Chains") where there was a problem with 
female shape shifters carrying a baby to term.

At 00:42 +0000 on 07/06/2003, amanitamuscaria1 wrote about 
[HPforGrownups] Re: Animagi (was: Three topics of interest :

>"Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" <catlady at w...> wrote:
>>Is a person's Patronus always an animal? Is it always the same 
>>animal as their Animagus form?
>>*snip*
>
>ME- I'm somewhat puzzled by this myself, as Harry's patronus is
>described as 'charging down' the dementors - I somehow can't see an
>otter charging down anything - maybe nipping round the ankles, but
>not a full-frontal attack. A swan would be fine, can be pretty
>vicious. I'm wondering if perhaps Harry hasn't served his fellow DA's
>very well, and by not giving them a believable enemy, the patronuses
>conjured won't be effective if it comes to the crunch?

I get the impression that the Patronus works against Dementors by 
just existing not by a physical attack. Remember that there was a big 
deal made about the fact that Harry could produce a PHYSICAL Patronus 
(not just the IMAGE of one). We do not know if the others were 
physical also or just good images of their forms. If it is just by 
existing (and via projection [ie: Being a manifestation] of the Good 
Feelings needed to evoke the Patronus) then just running at a 
Dementor "to get into range" would serve as an attack.

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Bob Rosenberg