DH: The silver doe as Lily's patronus?+Lilly's eyes

Diana dianasdolls at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 25 05:06:06 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 172563

> Clio:
> > On the doe: Of course it is obvious, that a doe as the stag's mate
> > symbolizes Lily. But does that necessarily mean that Lily had a 
doe
> > patronus? And btw what would that teach us after 30 years of 
feminism,
> > if Lily Potter defined herself over being the docile mate of 
someone
> > cool?
> 
> 
> Shelley
> 
> I would disagree- we have no proof that James made his Stag first, 
and then 
> Lilly got subservient with a Doe Patronus!
> 
> Rather, I think it's much more likely that Lilly first produced her 
Doe, and 
> then James, wanting to be the one to "get her", made his the 
handsome Stag. 
> After all, we have proof from earlier memories seen in the Pensieve 
that 
> James adored Lilly long before they developed a relationship.

To me, Lily's patronus being a doe while her husband's was a stag 
just symbolized how well suited they were to each other as a couple.  
After all, your patronus repreents your true inner self.  Yes, Lily 
may have hated James Potter, but he matured, she got to know him 
better and then they ened up getting on like wildfire. 
Snape's patronus was most likely a bat originally, IMO.  Did anyone 
else think that the large bat-shaped object flying away from the 
castle after Snape jumped out the window was Snape in his animagus 
bat form?  After all, James' animagus shape was a stag, just like his 
patronus.  Maybe Snape learned how to transform into a bat between 
HBP and the final events in DH?

Diana L.






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