Secondary thought on Patronuses

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 145504

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "juli17ptf" <juli17 at a...> wrote:
>
> Thinking about Snape's patronus having some connection to
> Dumbledore, I started to wonder if two wizards can use the
> same patronus form at the same time? I.e., could another 
> wizard also have a Jack Russell terrier patronus like Ron?
> ...edited...
>
> If a wizard can pass on a patronus, or another wizard can 
> take possession of a patronus no longer being used ...
> 
> Which would make Snape's new patronus a phoenix. 
> 
> It may not be a workable concept, but the thought did occur 
> to me, so I thought I'd share it :-)
> 
> Julie
>

bboyminn:

It's a good thought, but I don't think it is valid. I just doesn't
make much sense for Partonus to be limited that way. True one person
may have a Jack Russell Terrier as a Patronus, but that doesn't
prevent another person from having a completely different Jack Russell
terrier as his Partonus. It's not like there is one and only one Jack
Russel terrier available. 

Also, we can speculate that when a Patronus appears with a message, it
speaks in the voice of the sender. Two identical (or similar) Patronus
would not speak with the same voice, so you would be much less likely
to mix them up.

Now, I may not agree with the 'how' but I think the 'what' is a valid
speculation, slim but still valid. Why would JKR bring up Tonk
Patronus changing? I suppose it could simply be to imply her longing
for Remus, but the whole thing seems to be hinted at very thinly in
the recent book. So, maybe the whole Remus/Tonks subplot existed
merely to establish the fact that Patronus can change.

Now if we further speculate that Snape's Partonus changes to something
that resembles someone else's Patronus, say a Phoenix to resemble
Dumbledore's Partonus, then we have a new misdirection for the next
book. Harry could initially assume it is Dumbledore sending him
messages from beyond the grave. Only later in the book, once we have,
along with Harry and friends, accepted the premise, is it revealed
that it is actually Snape sending the very helpful messages.

I'm not sure I fully believe it, but it does have some potential. I am
confident that somehow Snape will initially covertly help Harry, then
later, somehow he will reveal himself, and he and Harry will have to
come to an understanding so Snape can help get him to the final
battle. I don't think this 'understanding' will come easily, but I
think it will come. 

It seems an odd theory, Snape changing Patronus as a way of misleading
the reader and Harry, but still it does have some potential.

Just a thought, such as it is.

Steve/bboyminn