Patronus characteristics (was Re: Cheating)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 146580

Luckdragon:
>   But if DD were entombed & unable to get out on his own and  
sending off a message via his patronus would it not say "get me out 
of here". 

Ceridwen:
LOL!  I'm sure it would!

I did mention that, with Dumbledore, there would always be an out for 
something like that.  He wouldn't be trapped in there.  But there is 
a more base level that doesn't see reason, where fears like being 
buried alive run free.  Monsters under the bed, and hiding in the 
shadows of the tree outside, live there, too.

I was more addressing the possibilities in the image of the phoenix 
that Harry thought he saw soaring away from the pyre.  One was that 
Dumbledore was alive and sending off his Patronus for some reason or 
another.  Which is what brought up the whole 'buried alive' thing.  I 
really don't think Rowling would go there, with that being such a 
basic fear.  Yet, when one is trying to look at all angles, one has 
to bring in some of the odder or scarier things.

I think that there's a good chance that the phoenix Harry thought he 
saw might be significant in the next book.  It seems too much like 
one of those throw-away lines that turn up later in the series.  
Since there's only one book left, that narrows the possibilities down.

Ceridwen.