State of the DA (was:Fear as a Crime (Re: muggle baiting )

[career advisor]

No: HPFGUIDX 156348

<snip>> Carol -- The DA members can cast the
spell in the RoR, but they've never used it against even a Boggart
Dementor--and no one but Harry has a Dementor Boggart, as far as we know.<Snip> 

  DA Jones here:
  
Cho said not be a killjoy, but sorry Carol I have to ppint out that you have canon wrong. According to OOP, only the follwoing DA members can cast Patronus. (of course it was only Harry's first leason and it was cut short by the raod by the inquistorial squad)
   
  (see pg. 606-607 OOP, Scholastic) 
   
  1) Cho. - A swan.
  2) Hermione - an otter 
  3) Harry -- a silber buck (prongs)
  4) Seamus almost had it (" Look - aj-its gone...but it was definitely something hairy, Harry!; (pg. 607)
   
  Lavender and Neville are shown to be esp bad at it (pg. 606). It is implied that a couple of more were at least partially succesful  "The few Patronuses people had managed to conjurer faded away into silver mist" (which implies more then 2 succ tries, but we don't kknow who else was succesful (pg. 607)
   
  I suppose given Lavender's past, that if she ever did manage to conjur a patronus it would be a rabbit, due to her pet rabbit that died. 
   
  But, I've  always wondered what "happy thought" JKR had in mind for Cho's patronus as she seemd to bew such a natural at it; esp considering that she was app. borderline depressed for such a long part of the year.
   
  Was this due to Harry, a memory of Cedric, a memory of times with Marietta or just family or another Ravenclaw like MIchael Corner who she ends up dating. Maybe it was a thought of Quidditch. This is something we will never know. 
   
  DA Jones

 		
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