Snape's Patronus

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 160922


> Carol responds:
snipping a portion rather than saying "me too."

 Harry's Patronus symbolizes his
> father. Dumbledore's is connected with Fawkes.
snip
 
> 
> So the question is, what would Snape's Patronus be? What form would
> his protective spirit take? Being a DDM!Snaper, I think it would 
have
> some connection with Dumbledore, especially now, when he most needs 
to
> show where his loyalties truly lie.

Potioncat:
Me too.

The die-hards among us think that Amimagus forms reflects the 
individual, the Patronus form reflects the "patron." This is canon. 
We could use a catchy T-Bay style name for that. Or a Baruffio style 
poem as a reminder.

This on-going confusion between Animagus form and Patronus form has 
made me think.....OK! Who said, "About time!?"

Because Carol's post was in response to a question about Snape's 
Patronus being a spider, "who" would the patron be, in that case? It 
came to mind, it could be Slughorn. I'm not proposing that, you 
understand. Only the more I thought about, the more possible it 
became. I still think it will be something that reflects Dumbledore.

JKR tends to describe her characters in animal-like ways. One of the 
more noticable is Ginny. JKR uses feline imagery for her, but has 
said Ginny is not a cat animagus. Off the top of my head I can get 
the following:
spider/insect: Trelawney, Snape, Dumbledore, Slughorn, Skeeter, 
Bagman.
ferret: Draco
ape: Crabbe or Goyle (or was it both?)
rabbit: Theo Nott
cat: Ginny, McGonagall(?)
mouse, rat: Tonks, Pettigrew, Mundungus(?)
phoenix: Dumbledore
dog: Pansy, Sirius Black

While the Patronus reflects the patron, there is a little more. I 
wonder if the wizard doesn't demonstrate some attributes of his 
Patronus? Which of course, would mean demonstrating some attributes 
of his patron/father-figure. 

DD is similar to a Phoenix; Harry is a lot like his father (stag); 
Hermione has become more playful(otter, same family as weasels and 
ferrets). Did Tonks become more like her wolf Patronus? Her hair 
becomes brown, she is more co-ordinated. 

Tonks is a stretch. I'm thinking out loud, in a way.

Any thoughts about Patronus attributes being demonstrated in the 
wizard?

Potioncat