Hermione's Patronus

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 124144


 
> Maddy:  "This brings me to another question, though. Do you  think
> Patroni are always animals? Or can they be something  else?"
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> Chancie:
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> I believe they are USUALLY animals, but the only exception
> I can recall is Rita Skeeter.  A beetle isn't exactly an animal,
> but I suppose some could argue that it could still be considered
> one.  
>Regardless, I don't see Partoni (is that the correct plural  form?)
> as being human-like vampires, merpeople, centaurs, hags, werewolfs,
> well, you get the point. I also would include house elves, and 
gobblins in 
> this eventhough they aren't exactly human-like.  I see them more 
like 
> "simple minded" creatures since that's basically what we've seen 
(I  say
> simple minded meaning animals, bugs and the like). Does anyone 
> else have any ideas?  

Kemper now:
I'm going to argue that a beetle is exactly an animal but not 
exactly a mammal or bird which is what we've seen in the books.  JKR 
has said that DD's patronus is a phoenix... I would not call this 
form "simple minded".  I can't see myself eating bar-b-que phoenix 
wing, but I could easily chow down on some elk jerky.  Maybe 
Neville's patronus is Mimbulus mimbletonia, attacking incoming 
dementors with Stinksap.

Other thoughts... I wonder if there's a marine time patronus or 
animagus.  Maybe the forms of patroni and animagi are land-based 
like witches and wizards.

And one more... I don't know if a witch/wizard's potential 
animagi 'form' is the same as their patronus 'form' but I suspect so.