Patroni (speculation) WAS: (Re: CHAPDISC: Ch. 19: The Silver Doe)

[Jayne]

No: HPFGUIDX 182944

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jayne" <jaynesmith62@> wrote:
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> > > zanooda, who would have given McGonagall a different Patronus - 
> > > maybe an owl ...
> 
> 
> > Jayne wrote:
>  
> > Oh no.! I would have kept McG patronus as a cat , but given 
Umbridge 
> > something different and horribler such as a rat (Which IMHO 
suited 
> > her ) as I adore Cats and it is an insult to those beautiful, 
> > intellegent creatures to be her patronus
> 
> 
> zanooda:
> 
> Oh, Jayne, I didn't mean it this way :-)! I wanted McGonagall to 
have a 
> different Patronus *not* because I hate cats! I'm more of a dog 
person 
> myself, but I certainly appreciate cats' beauty and grace. I wanted 
a 
> different Patronus for McGonagall not because cats are bad and 
don't 
> deserve to be her guardians - it's just doesn't feel right for me, 
you 
> know? When McGonagall's Patronus turned out to be a cat in DH, I 
was 
> surprised - I expected something else for some reason. I guess I 
> thought of an owl because of McGonagall's name - Minerva. I 
certainly 
> didn't intend to offend cats and cat-lovers like you :-).

>zanooda:
Thats fine. I was getting at JKR for giving such a horrible person as 
Umbridge a cat as a patronus, not at all at you.
We can't all be clever enouGh to be cat lovers!!!!!! (VBG )
I didn't mind McG having a cat patronus at all. She was clever, wise 
and loyal, just like those beautiful creatures

Jayne
Who is not a great Dog lover,but appreciates them for their loyalty