Doe Patronus (was: LONG collection of DH related thoughts)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 174754

Kvapost:
> Forgive me if I'm wrong but I swallowed the DH book so fast that I 
> cannot recall reading about Lily having a doe patronus. Of course, 
when 
> a doe patronus showed up to provide HRH with the sword, I thought 
it 
> was hers, but when later on it has been revealed to be Snape's I 
> immediately thought, "Of course, that makes sense, Snape regarding 
Lily 
> as belonging to James whose animagus shape is a stag".
> So, unless DH states clearly that Lily did indeed have a doe 
patronus, 
> I'm inclined to interpret Snape's one as a masochistic torture of 
> himself by jealousy, self-punishment of some sort.

Ceridwen:
Heh.  I can sort-of see that last thought: "If his is a stag, then 
hers must be... *Expecto Patronum!*... Yup, a doe."  *Snape simmers 
in masochistic resentment and red-faced embarrassment*

I don't recall anyone mentioning that Lily's Patronus was a stag, 
until the end when Harry explained everything to Tom.  It made sense 
to DD that the doe represented Lily, but he didn't say, "Awww, how 
sweet, you have her Patronus!"

Ceridwen.