FAQ Poll question finally answered

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, JoAnna Wahlund <jrwahlund at g...> wrote:
> We know that James' Animagi form was a stag, but do we know that his 
> Patronus is one as well? Has JKR ever said that a wizard's Patronus is also 
> their Animagi form (or vice versa)?
> 

No, we don't know.
But would you bet hard cash that James's Patronus *isn't* a stag?
I wouldn't, even though (as you say) Jo offers a few sneaky 
circumlocutions on the subject at the end of PoA.

Maybe there'll be enlightenment by dawn tomorrow - but if not,
remind me in a few weeks when the heady excitement surrounding HBP
has abated a bit, and I'll expand on a suspicion that in CoS the Fawkes
that saved Harry in the Chamber wasn't Fawkes at all, but DD's animagus.

Kneasy