MsgPatronus/ChapterQuestions/Village/Narcissa/Gobstones/Draco/PurpleCurse

[houyhnhnm102]

No: HPFGUIDX 142326

houyhnhnm wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/142013 :
 
> > No canon support whatsoever except for the fact that 
> > patroni are bright and silvery, but I imagine a message 
> > being incorporated into the happy thought that produces 
> > the patronus. I imagine when a patronus is intercepted 
> > it is drawn into the wand of the Witch or Wizard who 
> > receives it, and then put into the head like a thought 
> > being retrieved from a pensieve.

Catlady (Rita Prince Winston):

> Oh, no, how embarrassing! For example, if at one time 
> Hermione's happy thought was kissing Viktor, she would 
> probably be embarrassed for anyone to know, and especially 
> *un*happy for Ron to know, which would make a problem if 
> she had to send a message to Ron.

houyhnhnm:

But surely the witch or wizard sending a messenger Patronus could
choose a memory suitable for the recipient(s).  In the absence of
Dementors, it wouldn't require an ecstatically happy memory, or one
that was deeply personal or revealing, for those already already adept
at casting the Patronus charm.  It *would* make for a certain degree
of transparency among those using such a means of communication,
though, and I was thinking maybe this is the reason that the use of
Patroni is considered Light Magic which can't be tampered with by the
dark side.