Patronus / Lily's Patronus

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

No: HPFGUIDX 104162

> Tanya here:
> 
> I have never heard of such an interview.  But one problem.  If I
> recall correctly isn't it canon fact that the patronus and animagi
> forms the same?


No. We are told each Patronus is unique to the wizard who creates it 
in PoA. And we are told next to nothing about how the animagus 
animal fits the wizard (Although we assume that it takes of personal 
characteristics). We don't know of any two character who can form 
both a Patronus and turn into an animagus, so there is no way of 
comparing. There's never any indication that Patronuses need to be 
animals.

I think they are unlikely to be related- one being a tranfiguration 
skill, the other being a charm skill.

Animagi forms we know- McGonagall, Rita, James, Sirius, Pettigrew.
Patronus form we know- Harry, Hermione, Cho.
So, none of them overlap.

In canon there's never any indication that James even *can* form a 
corporeal Patronus in canon. Apart from Harry, only Lupin and 
Dumbledore are proven to be able to produce some sort of silvery 
stuff under presure. It seems to be a very advanced thing, and not 
exactly practical either- how many Dementors does the average wizard 
come across who want to suck out their souls? I mean, it's effective 
and all, but who would bother to even learn how to do it, if the 
Dementors were just meant to stay on Azkaban all their lives?

The nose biting tea cup idea is really funny, but I wonder whether 
or not it's just something from a fanfic which has been confused 
with an actual JKR interview. There are some convincing fanfic 
tidbits out there, and I too often wish they were actually part of 
canon. It looks bleak for the nose biting Patronus thing to turn out 
as no-one has recalled this interview as yet... *crosses fingers*.

Interestingly enough, when writing this post it clicked that a 
Patronus is a *charm* something which Lily is meant to have been 
good at (from what Ollivander says about her wand in PS). It's more 
likely *she* was able to produce one, rather than 'excellent-at-
transfiguration' James. I wonder, what would Lily's Patronus have 
been?

She doesn't have any animal parallel descriptors to guide us. 
Hmm...  Any ideas? Surely not a doe... Unicorn?

~<(Laurasia)>~