Patronus question again

[sistermagpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 187198

Alla:
> Reporting from the uninhibited island with only my Blackberry and Hermione as companions, I bring you the following question and I do realize that the answer is probably painfully obvious and I just forgot it. Is it necessary for the person to see another person's patronus for their patronus to be influenced by it and to change? I am just thinking about whole Snape/Lily thing and wondering if he ever saw her patronus? In fact do we even know (and I just forgot?) that Lily's Patronus was a Doe in the first place? I mean I know she wanted Stag and Doe to match, but this is a symbolism of Harry and Snape patronuses we know, not Lily and James' ones. I mean I think it is also to show the reader without saying much that they completed each other and were well matched, Lily and James I mean, but did it show in their own patronuses as well? Alla

Magpie:
We don't know Lily's Patronus. I don't think you need to see the other person's. Lupin's Patronus might or might not be a wolf, but I think Tonks' Patronus just symbolizes Lupin himself, not his Patronus. Likewise, I think Snape's doe happened to be the animal that appeared as a result of his happy memory of Lily, so the doe represents Lily, not necessarily Lily's Patronus. Harry's Patronus is a stag, which is James' animagus form. I wouldn't be surprised if James' Patronus otoh, was eventually a doe, just like Snape's, to represent Lily.

-m