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--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Susan Albrecht 
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:

> 
> > Catlady:
> > I remain irritated at the Tonks red herring -- I
> really thought she was someone else using Polyjuice
> and THAT was why the imposter couldn't metamorphmage
> like she can; JKR can make excuses for her 
> gloominess and loss of abilities, but WHERE DID HER
> CLUMSINESS GO? 
> 
> Joywitch:
> > This was a DING! moment that went horribly wrong
> with that weak shippy explaination. Consider that JKR
> had *just* posted her FAQ poll answer with the
> > specific phrase: "Patronuses are unique to each
> wizard". Nowhere does she say "except when they fall
> in love". It does NOT compute, and I'm glad someone
> > else is jarred by it.
> 
> 
> SSSusan:
> Me, too, Catlady.  I confess (though it likely will
> make me look tres stupide) that I thought Tonks &
> Sirius might have changed places before the MoM battle
> and that it was TONKS who went through the veil and
> thus Sirius who was attempting to carry himself off at
> Tonks.
> 
> I mean, it's stupid, but I couldn't figure out why
> else she had a four-legged patronus (that looked a bit
> like a dog in GrandPre's illustration) and that she
> couldn't metamorph (verb?) any longer.
> 
> I'm actually GLAD it wasn't Sirius, but the thought
> crossed my mind.  It was a rather strange bit of the
> story.
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan

Well I was completely left fielded by this one, then not big on 
ships I thought I'd just missed something. However, it did cross my 
mind that it is a piece of 'given but disguised' information. We 
know that patroni (-uses whatever) are unique and we know JK hasn't 
told us Snape's 'cos it would be a dead give away, and now she's 
told us indirectly that they are not fixed. So those of the sneaky 
disposition could perhaps manipulate their patronus to imply fealty 
where there is none. Or if the patronus cannot be willed to a given 
form it might be indicative of a true change of 
heart/redemption/condemnation. 

In other words we've got enough information to tie ourselves up in 
something more tangle worthy than a NEWT class binding spell. Not, 
however, enough information to rule out conflicting possibilities
..

I'm not bitter!

Regards
Jo

I may be as woefully wrong as Humphrey Belcher, who believed the 
time was ripe for a cheese cauldron.