Do animagi get to choose their form?

[clcb58]

No: HPFGUIDX 168316

> James Writes:

> I've thought about this quite a bit before. I think rather
> than the subconscious mind playing a direct part in choosing
> the form, the form is more of an outward expression of who
> and what you are inside.

clcb58:

I agree. So I wonder how all of the fuss over Harry having Lily's
eyes might play into this? Do you suppose she might also have been
an animagus...perhaps an owl?