The method of communication (Harry's patronus)

[jlv230]

No: HPFGUIDX 122641


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juli <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> I think the Patronus makes a very interesting option
> as a means of communication between Order members. But
> a Patronus is very powerful and advanced magic, and
> not a whole lot of people know how to produce one.
> Even Lupin, a DADA teacher and Order Member can't
> produce one (remember during the train ride to Hogwarts
> during PoA?), Sirius seems to be able to do it (in OoP
> he tells Harry that he would have enjoyed a fight with
> dementores over his soul), and I can't even imagine
> Hagrid producing a Patronus. It has to be something
> much simpler and at the same time more complex,
> something that travels really fast and is accurate,
> what it may be I have no idea.
> 
> Juli
JLV:
I'm sorry Juli, but Lupin can produce a Patronus:
"'And Professor Lupin stepped over you, and walked towards the 
Dementor, and pulled out his wand,' said Hermione. 'And said, 'None 
of us is hiding Sirius Black under our cloaks. Go." But the Dementor 
didn't move, so Lupin muttered something, and a silvery thing shot 
out of his wand at it, and it turned round and sort of glided 
away...'"
I think almost all order members can produce one, except Mrs Figg (a 
sqib) and Hagrid (who isn't even allowed to have a wand). Note that 
in the above quotation, Hermione doesn't mention a look of 
concentration on Lupin at all. I know it is a difficult bit of 
magic, but I'm sure most wizards will be able to get the hang of it 
if you practise (like playing the piano). Some people, like Harry, 
are just better at picking it up than others.
My two knuts,
JLV xx