Patronus

[June Ewing]

No: HPFGUIDX 190437

> Nikkalmati:
><snip> Maybe the Patronus spell was well-known, but I doubt it.
Certainly Harry's Patronus became famous within a certain circle
of knowledgable wizards, but commmon knowledge is a different
thing. Making a Patronus requires not just skill and practice,
but character. The form reflects something essential about the
person. That is why I question why Umbridge could make one and
why it has the same form as MacGonnagal's Patronus. Why was
Snape's a doe and why was Lily's a doe and Harry's a stag, and
why was Tonks' a werewolf, unless it reflects a deep seated
> quality in the caster.


June:
It could be that Umbridge at one time was a good person (though
hard to picture lol) She did work for the ministry and worked
directly for Fudge whom she admired but as we know Fudge who
wasn't really a bad person himself but was so determinded that
Voldemort was not returning (or more wishing he wasn't) put
Umbridge in place to try to keep things calm at the school. I
think the horrible things she did at the school were to impress
Fudge (if you ask me I think she had a thing for him). Then she
did go bad afterwards but that could have been the beginning of
that and it all changed her for the worse.

The patronis are in the form of something close to you. She is a
cat lover (the only good thing about her) it was stated almost
from the time that we met her (she had cat plates all over her
office wall); McGonagall is also a cat lover, we know this because
her animagas form is a cat. Why would she choose to appear as a
cat if she didn't like them? Therefore it makes sense that her
patronus is also a cat. Harry's is a stag because his father's was
a stag. Tonk's is a werewolf because she is in love with Lupin who
is a werewolf and that caused her patronus to change to a werewolf
(not sure what it was before). Snape's is a doe because he was in
love with Harry's mum who's patronus was a doe. It all seems to go
back to the theme of the books which is love.






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