Patronus

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 190446





--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nikkalmati" <puduhepa98 at ...> wrote:


>  It quotes JKR as saying that no Death Eater other than SS 
>  could make a Patronus.  I suppose that means only someone 
>  good can make one.  But, where does that leave Doris?  
>  She is certainly without a good bone in her body.


zanooda:

I don't remember JKR ever saying that the DEs were unable to conjure Patronuses because they were bad people :-). What she actually said was that they couldn't produce Patronuses because there was no need for them to learn this spell, Dementors being their allies and all :-). Here is the relevant quote (JKR's Web Chat, July 30, 2007):

Question:  Was Snape the only Death Eater who could produce a full Patronus?

JKR:  Yes, because a Patronus is used against things that the Death Eaters generally generate, or fight alongside. They would not need Patronuses.