Snape's patronus in Book 7 (Re: Is Harry an idiot because he thinks .....)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 140658

> Lupinlore:
> > Oh, and I don't think Snape's patronus would 
> > be of any help in this situation. McGonagall, Lupin, Hagrid, and 
> > others would already be familiar with it, and nothing about it 
> > caused 
> > them to go "Oh no, Harry, Snape couldn't have killed 
Dumbledore.  
> > You see his patronus proves that's impossible."
 
> Alla:
> That I am with you 100%. They all know his Patronus and  they 
still 
> turn on him in a minute. I somehow doubt that they would have done 
> so if Snape Patronus had any relation to Dumbledore.
> I definitely read that scene with the certain amount of glee. :-)


Jen: Things are different now, though. For one thing, we don't know 
if someone who murders can cast a patronus. Snape could contact the 
Order with his patronus and it will be a clue that an outright 
murder, generated by hatred or enjoyment of killing, did not happen 
on the tower.

Another possibility, we just found out a patronus can change. How 
convenient! Order members would be quite surprised if Snape's 
patronus has changed form and reflects his loyalty to Dumbledore.

Jen