OOP: Boggarts/Hermione's Patronus

[moldaviteice]

No: HPFGUIDX 63420

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, IAmLordCassandra at a... wrote:
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> Ok, I thought accord to me while reading Chapter Nine (The Woes of 
Mrs. 
> Weasley). Moody looks to see what's inside of the drawing room and 
discovers a 
> boggart inside. When I read this I thought of what Lupin said in 
PoA. He basically 
> said that no one had ever seen a boggart's true form, because it 
would 
> immediately become what the person who was before it most feared.  
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> What I'm wondering is: Can Moody see the boggart in its true form? 
Or can the 
> boggart sense Moody's magical eye looking at him and become what 
Moody fears? 
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> The other thing I picked up on was Hermione's Patronus. It became 
an otter. 
> Didn't J.K say somewhere that if she could become an animagus she'd 
(like to) 
> turn into an otter?  And I am sure she's said Hermione is modeled 
after 
> herself. I thought it was a nice touch ^^ 
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> Ok...not exactly major spoilers...but if anyone's like me, they 
don't want 
> any spoilers at all ^^; 
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An otter is a playful creature..not serious like Hermy..so does this 
mean she'll lighten up or does it reflect her repressed inner 
playfulness..her inner otter if you will..
Also I thought the exact same thing about the boggart!! Moody must 
know what they look like, right??

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