Each Patronus is unique

[justcarol67]

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Eggplant wrote:
<snip>
And I've got to say that Patronus angle really isn't bad, it's not bad
at all. <snip>

Carol responds:
We've already had threads on this topic, some of which include
possible Dumbledore-related Patronuses for Snape. The current
favorites are a Phoenix (not identical to DD's former Patronus, but
similar) or a "dumbledore' (bumblebee). It does seem like the best way
for DDM!Snape to communicate ingognito with the Order, and as Julie
said, it seems significant that JKR has refused to reveal Snape's
Patronus because it would give too much away. If you're interested,
you can always hunt up old threads using our search engine.

Eggplant:
> If Harry lives happily ever after you will smile when you close book
7 and a week later he will be completely out of your thoughts. But if
Harry dies, well then things would be different. You will remember
that. I want Harry to be alive in literature a century from now; and
for that to happen, unfortunately, Harry must die.

Carol:
I can't agree with you here. Maybe what you're saying applies to the
heroic quest in general (though I can think of mythological heroes,
starting with Odysseus, who are still part of the Western cultural
tradition despite surviving their ordeals and achieving their
quest--wife and home, in Odysseus' case).

But if we look at the HP books as a Bildungsroman, it's a safe bet
that Harry, like David Copperfield and Jane Eyre, will not only
survive but be remembered. Or if we forget about genre and simply
think about unforgettable protagonists whose adventures we continue to
reread despite happy endings, how about Huckleberry Finn or the
heroines of Jane Austen (high on JKR's list of favorite authors).

I wonder--has anyone read all the books on JKR's list of favorite
books (or children's books)? If so, can you tell us how many have
happy endings (meaning that the protagonist lives)? That might provide
some clue as to where JKR's tastes and preferences lie.

Carol, who will find a bittersweet ending in which Harry lives but
suffers other losses at least as memorable and poignant as an
all-too-predictable ending in which Harry dies defeating Voldemort