All about Lupin

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 123048


Pippin wrote:
> 
> <snip> Harry warns his class  that they are not  
> prepared, even though some of them can do a corporeal 
> patronus, and says that  they really need to be practicing with a 
> boggart. <snip>

Carol responds:
Forgive me for bringing up an old post here but I meant to respond to
this before. Obviously having a Boggart!Dementor helped *Harry* to
produce a corporeal Patronus when he faced a real Dementor, but how
would practicing with Boggarts help anyone else really learn the
spell? Is Neville supposed to cast a Patronus in response to
Boggart!Snape or Ron to a Boggart!spider? They'd have to use Harry's
boggart if they wanted a Boggart!Dementor, and that wouldn't work
because the Boggart would get confused and keep changing its shape.
Strange as it may seem, Harry has a built-in advantage in learning to
cast a corporeal Patronus: His Boggart is exactly the one he needs to
learn to cast the spell effectively when he's in peril from a real
Dementor. No one else shares his worst fear or his advantage.

Carol