Hermione's Patronus

[Lisa C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 123977


Maddy:
> That is an interesting idea. Sadly, we know of too few Partoni (I
> think I just invented the plural form of Patronus...it's easier than
> Patronuses) to be able to know for sure. If only we had had a chance
> to see Sirius's. Though, I highly doubt his Patronus would have 
been a
> great big dog. Why? Well, Harry's Patronus has to do with his 
father,
> and since a Patronus has to do with protection, something associated
> with his parents who died trying to protect him, it makes sense.
> 
> > 
> This brings me to another question, though. Do you think Patroni are
> always animals? Or can they be something else?




Well, that brings up some very interesting thoughts. Following your 
theory of the Patronus as a protector, that would make Dumbledore's 
Patronus being a phoenix make perfect sense. Fawkes is most 
definitely his protector having helped him escape from Fudge and 
swallowed the AK meant for him. Harry's father tried to protect him 
and Lily by taking on LV first although I do wonder why his Patronus 
didn't have something to do with Lily. I guess that his father's 
contribution had to come into the story somewhere. There has been 
lots of speculation on Hermione's otter having something to do with 
Harry, the otter as the animal form of Potter. Going with your theory 
that would make sense if she sees Harry as her protector. If this is 
true though, then the answer to your question would have to be that a 
Patronus always takes an animal form. I'm not sure that's the right 
answer though or that I'm ready to believe that because I'd really 
like the idea of Ron's Patronus being a chess piece. It wasn't my 
idea. I read it somewhere a while back and have always liked it. I 
don't really see how it fits into the role of protector but I still 
like it. The question that has been going through my mind since 
reading the Patronus part of OotP is why on earth is Cho's Patronus a 
swan of all things?

Casil