Got a question...

[quigonginger]

I, Ginger, wrote:
> > Now for a follow-up question:  Why would someone have that as a
> > patronus, and what would it tell us about that person?
> >

Silmariel replied:
> That s/he has an incredible sense of orientation? *cough*
> 
> In a serious way, that I don't know if JKR has considered but it is 
not 
> completely out of this world if Merope just left herself die, it 
can be a 
> person that has been involved a lot in death themes, someone who is 
not 
> really tied to life, or someone who has had a real -hi Tonks!- 
change in 
> patronus. A kind of experience that changes your perspective of 
life in an 
> irrevocable way. 

Ginger now:
I'd wonder if it was someone who had a loved one die in order to save 
that person.  In other words, the person's death was the protection 
more than the person themselves.  Just a guess.  
 
Silmariel continues:
> I haven't written lately because I've started a project in the way 
of a 
> fantasy novel and it's an absorbing task (and a lot of work). So 
you won't 
> see me very much here and no way on TOL.

Ginger:  I read one of those once.  Very time consuming...Oh, you 
mean writing one!  Well, best wishes to you.

Ginger, dreaming of a warm climate