Nature of a Patronus / Snape's Patronus

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> Darlene Carroll <honeykissed246 at ...> wrote:
> Because can you just imagine Snape's patronus not being a phoenix 
> at all but an image of Dumbledore!  Nothing would scream loyalty 
> like that.  Can't you see JKR doing something like that?  I can 
> since it appears that she loves shocking her readers. Wouldn't 
> that be shocking!  Imagine the look on Harry and Voldemort's faces. 

Hi Lilygale here:
I was just reading in another thread about all the spider imagery in 
HBP:

> Randy:
> Another analogy for this trap setting is spiders.  Not only did
> Snape make a vow at Spinner's End, Aragog the spider died.  When
> Dumbledore takes Harry to Ron's house, he is covered with little
> spiders in the shed.  Spiders spin webs which are in essence traps
> set for other insects.

This got me thinking about how appropriate a spider might be as 
Snape's patronus.  A spider sets up elaborate structures and waits 
for events to play out.  Snape has set up an elaborate ruse as a 
double agent and is waiting for the end to play out.  He subtly 
influences events, and works behind the scenes, just as a spider 
lies in wait behind the web for an insect to get trapped.  Whether 
Snape is ESE, OFH or DDM, the analogy works.  Spiders also can be 
ESE (Aragog certainly has his nastier side) but also can be very 
helpful to humans (taking care of other evil little insects).  Maybe 
all that spider imagery foreshadows Snape's Patronus.   Just a 
thought.  

Lilygale who left a spider named Aragog living in her basement for 7 
months, until he ventured upstairs.