Beedle the Bard SPOILERS\Animagi commentary

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 185188

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> So, the Beedle. I really love fairy tales and honestly, 
> for me it was no question whether to buy them or not, 
> because even if they would not have added anything to HP 
> World, I could not wait to see how good  JKR is at fairy 
> tales writing.


Are we supposed to consider this book canon :-)? I mean DD's
commentary mostly. He says that a wizard (*not* an Animugus)
transformed into an animal becomes an animal completely, without any
memory of ever being a human. If so, I don't really understand what
was the point for Fake!Moody to transform Draco Malfoy into a ferret
as a punishment. 

If Ferret!Draco didn't remember ever being a wizard, then human Draco
wouldn't remember being a ferret, right? He must have felt the whole
thing just as if he suddenly fell to the ground, that's all :-). He
could find out what really happened only if someone told him, so what
was the point of transforming him?

Also, when Viktor Krum transformed himself into a shark, he remembered
very well who he was and what mission he had to accomplish. Was it
because he only partially transformed? It's not very clear to me.


zanooda, who was given a Collector's edition of the book for Christmas...