[HPforGrownups] Re: Things that will come into play later.

[Margaret Dean]

No: HPFGUIDX 79437

mochajava13 wrote:

> Also, I thought Hermione and Cho's patronuses (however you pluralize
> that word) were so girly and cutesy.  Not that a stag strikes fear
> into the heart of anyone, but at least it's got big antlers to be,
> well, pointy an look menacing.  Harry's stag did charge at the
> dementors.  What's so threatening about a swan?  

Oh ho ho, try tangling with one and you'll find out right quick. 
They are big, strong birds -- five feet long with a seven-foot
wingspan.  From what I understand, a full-grown swan can break a
man's arm with a blow of its wing.  And they can definitely get
aggressive.  Last summer I carried around a quarter-sized bruise
on my arm for several weeks where I got pecked by an impatient
swan who thought I wasn't handing out the swan food fast enough. 
Being seriously attacked by one would be no joke.

Cutesy, my eye...speaking of which, if Cho has a swan Patronus,
she's definitely worth keeping an eye on.


--Margaret Dean
  <margdean at erols.com>