CHAPDISC: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Ch. 19: The Silver Doe

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 182785

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
 
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> I can't imagine Tonks's Animagus, if she had one, being a
> werewolf, or Snape's being a doe! 


zanooda:

I agree, but there is another question: can *anyone* become an 
Animagus then? Did JKR say anything about this? It certainly looks 
like the case in the books, but it would be much more logical if 
being an Animagus was an innate ability, which just requires some 
training to get it right. 

If anyone with enough talent could learn how to turn into an animal, 
there should have been more Animagi, right? It seems like a very 
useful (and cool :-)) ability. OK, maybe many people wouldn't want to 
risk trying it, fearing that something would go wrong, but highly 
talented people, like DD, for example, certainly would want to learn 
how to transform. And if Wormtail was able do it without any side-
effects, then so would have DD, no doubt. However, DD is not an 
Animagus. Maybe you just have to be born with this ability and 
develop it later?

I just want to say, what if some people just have it in them and 
others don't? Then it would be kind of logical for the natural 
Animagi to have Patronuses that represent their Animagus form. Like 
you, I don't see Snape transform into a doe or Tonks transform into a 
werewolf, but maybe they don't have animagi ability in them. As for 
the Animagi that we know, I can easily imagine Sirius's Patronus 
being a dog and James's Patronus being a stag, and even PP having a 
rat Patronus - why not?

But of course if we know for sure that *any* wizard can learn to 
become an Animagus, my theory won't work :-).



> Jayne wrote:

> Maybe then Sirius's was a dog !!! We never know his patronus, 
> do we? Would Lupin's be a wolf?


zanooda:

Well, Lupin is not an Animagus, so he doesn't fit in here :-). I 
personally think that Lupin wouldn't have a Patronus that even 
slightly resemble a wolf :-). Lupin hates being a werewolf, and 
Patronus is supposed to represent happiness, hope etc. Lupin wouldn't 
have a Patronus that reminds him of his misery, IMO.