Human's Emotions vs. Dogs (Re: Sirius revisited)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 104254


> > Potioncat responded:
> > But an animagus is supposed to keep his "human self" (I don't 
> recall 
> > a good word for this) as opposed to someone who is transfigured 
> into 
> > an animal.  In that case the animal nature takes over.  So the 
> > Animagus Black Dog should still have had human emotions.
> 
> 
> Bren again:
> 
> Well... in my original post # 104209, I was merely answering 
Kneasy's 
> question about how human (a self-regarding animal) and dog 
emotions 
> are different. Normal dog that is.
> 
> As for Animagus-animals (AAs), I have no clue how it works. I 
don't 
> think it's very clear from the books how Animagus Transfiguration 
> actually works. But I always thought that AAs were more close to 
> animals than humans. Possibly from Lupin's comment in PoA, 260, UK:

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Potioncat:
I don't have the book, I think it was the book about magical 
creatures (Does anyone know which one I mean?) But it makes 
reference to what happens if a person is transfigured into an animal 
rather than being an animagus.

My point is that as an animagus Black should have had human thoughts 
and emotions.  So his comment about the dementors not recognising 
him in dog form is either incorrect (but sincere) or a lie.  (Or a 
third possibility: I'm wrong.) As I recall, Kneasy was discussing 
Black's escape from Azkaban at the time and using this as one of the 
questionable parts of the escape. (I'm wondering if Black had more 
help than he realised. The catspaw portion of Kneasy's theory.)

DD recognised McGonagall as a cat because (he says) she was too 
stiff for a normal cat. The "cat" was also able to manipulate a map 
and read a street sign. I know these cat examples don't speak to 
emotions, but I'm using here as an example of ways in which the 
Animagi are different from animals.
Potioncat