Patronus

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 190450



--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Joey Smiley" <happyjoeysmiley at ...> wrote:
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> zanooda wrote:
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> > .... 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 :-). ...
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> Joey:
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> Does that mean that Dementors can differentiate between their victims and generate different experiences as per their will? If yes, that doesn't explain why Umbridge had to cast a Patronus to safegaurd herself and the DE named Yaxley. Dementors were already on Voldy's (and MoM's) side by then.
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> Cheers,
> ~Joey :-)
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Steve:

Consider this, we know that many wizards has interactions with Dementors. Minister Fudge had occasion to go to Azkaban. Mr. Weasley even went once, and he was affected by them, but at the same time, we was able to reasonably resist their influence. So, it is not impossible to be around Dementors, just unpleasant. 

I suspect the same is true of Death Eaters, though I suspect there is a Sociopathic element to it. I suspect, though having done many bad things, Death Eaters don't feel those things as bad because, in their own minds, they have justified it as good and right. 

So, I do think the presents of Dementors does affect the Death Eaters, but they generally endure it while it is there, but for the most part, avoid it much like wizards do.

So, given the prolonged exposure while in the court room, Umbridge cast here Partonus to insulate her from the affects of the Dementors presences. It was a matter of comfort more than anything. 

To some extent, you can control your Patronus. You can order it to drive off the Dementors, or to simply hold them at bay. Buy either way, the Patronus is used to protect the caster from the effects of the Dementors. 

I think being allies, a Dementor is less likely to attack a Death Eater, but I don't think it implies that they are completely immune from the effects of the presence of Dementors. They still feel the dispare, but they manage it in the short term, and avoid it in the long term; just as other wizards do. 

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn