The Useless Animagus / Can form be chosen?

[Petra Pan]

No: HPFGUIDX 53671

psychodudeneo:
> Something's been annoying me. 
> Wizards aren't allowed to choose their 
> Animagus form, although one would
> hardly be able to tell this from 
> the books.
> 
> Every Animagus we've seen so far
> has been perfectly adapted to that 
> wizard's needs.  Prongs and Padfoot
> were strong enough to keep Moony 
> in line, with Wormtail useful for
> things such as deactivating the 
> whomping willow.
> 
> Minerva's cat form is ideal for
> sneaking around Muggle areas 
> unnoticed.
> 
> Rita's bug form was perfect for
> her spy routine.
> 
> To drive the point home, I hope
> that we finally see a long-
> awaited "Absolutely Useless Animags". 
> I'm talking about an animal for
> completely and utterly unfit for
> whatever the Wizard had been 
> planning on doing.
> 
> For instance, an assasin who has
> the ability to become a 3 ton male 
> rhinoceros.
> 
> A mountaineer who becomes 570
> pounds of sea lion.
> 
> A fierce criminal who becomes a dodo.

So far, there has been no reason we 
would have heard of such a non-event 
as the discovery of an Absolutely 
Useless Animagus.  A wizard or witch 
whose Animagus form serves not his/her 
purpose isn't likely to perform the 
Animagus spell or advertise the fact 
that all his/her efforts were for naught.

But...<titter>...your scenarios would 
certainly be in keeping with JKR's 
sense of humor so yes, it's possible 
that we are being set up for a punchline 
in the future books that would involve 
an Animagus unexpectedly frustrated.

("My Animagus form is a WHAT!?! 
<forehead a-smacking> Doh!")

Caius Marcius:
<snip citation of canon>
> I take this as canonic evidence
> that Animagi are able to select
> the creature whose form they adapt
> (and I have the filk to prove it!)
> 
> http://home.att.net/~coriolan/students/
> marauders.htm#Whatever_Creature_We_Deem

Hmm...what do you make of this?

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Q:   If you were Animagus, what kind of 
animal would you be?

JKR: I'd like to be an otter  that's my 
favourite animal. It would be depressing 
if I turned out to be a slug or something.

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source: http://www.scholastic.com/
harrypotter/author/transcript2.htm

Petra
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n  :)

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