Snape's Patronus (was: Patronus)

[logic_alley]

No: HPFGUIDX 134315

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Gwennie wrote: 
> > I think it must have something to do with a person's fondest 
memory.
> Because you have to concentrate so hard on what makes you happiest 
to
> produce a patronus, it makes sense that the form it takes would 
have
> something to do with someone or something you love. <snip>
> 
> Carol responds:
> Which brings me back to Snape--not his typically snarky response to
> Tonks, but the very fact that he has a Patonus, as he *must* have 
in
> order to communicate with the other Order members. (JKR refused to
> reveal what it was for fear of giving too much away.) Based on 
what we
> already know about Patronuses (Patroni?) and on JKR's recent 
remarks
> about them on her website, this fact has some interesting 
implications.


We've learned in HBP that someone's patronus can take on the shape 
of someone that person loves -- at least, I am interpreting Tonk's 
large 4-legged patronus to be a wolf or werewolf, because she loves 
Lupin.   So maybe Snape's patronus can't be revealed because it has 
a shape related to someone he loves - namely Lily, if that 
speculation turns out to be right.   Lily or something associated 
with her, and I can't think of any animal that we know of yet 
associated with her.  

Just speculating wildly,

 -- Logic Ally --