Dementors

[capehoneysuckle]

No: HPFGUIDX 91326

johnbowman19 wrote:

> Why are Dementors not even mentioned by Newt Scamander 
> (snip)
> John, who wonders if they could be some Dementors who want to join 
> DD. Maybe even a rare Albino Dementor who brings light instead of 
> darkness and happiness instead of taking it away.

The albino Dementor idea is fascinating. JKR seems to intend Dementors
to be personifications of clinical depression, (some interview
suggested this, I think) in which case it would not be too much of a
stretch to imagine personifications of other common mental illnesses.
Bipolar disorder, for example, may be personified by a being who
exists alternately in one of two forms. We could call this being a
"Janus". One form of the Janus would be the usual Dementor form,
sapping all of one's happy memories and energy and forcing one to
think of one's worst memories. The other form would cause a person in
its vicinity to imagine that he or she is beautiful, invincible, rich,
popular, and extremely energetic, causing the person to party for days
on end, buy things they don't need, and give away money they can't
spare to "friends" they meet on buses.

Or how about a "Phantasmagoria" being, which causes those in the
vicinity to experience hallucinations and delusions? Is there anybody
we've met in the story so far who seems to have one of these in her attic?

Honey (who is afraid this might be just a bit OT)