James' Patronus

[astrologyisfake]

Hi. I'm new here. I've been reading the Harry Potter novels since I was nine, but I didn't really join the fandom until this May

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[jedibix783]

Actually, JKR said in an interview after the fifth book came out that people's Animagus' would take the same form as their Patronus'. Sorry that I can't find the interview.

[kaesa]

Actually, she didn't. She said that she'd given Hermione her ideal Animagus - the otter - and later Hermione's Patronus ended up being an otter. Either she got mixed up or she meant that she'd given Hermione her ideal Animagus for a Patronus. Animagi appear to represent the essential character of a person, while Patroni can apparently change a lot more than essential characters of people.

[masterofmystery]

I now wonder if your Animagus can change the same way a Patronus does if you've undergone a big emotional upheaval.

[kaesa]

I think it'd have to be really huge. I always figured your potential Animagus could change, but once you'd actually become one it would stay that way unless something really drastic happened. In which case you'd probably have to learn all over again, since you'd be changing into a different animal completely. But that's my semi-sciency magical theory, and it doesn't necessarily follow Rowlingean logic at all.

[jedibix783]

Do you have the quote? I'm pretty sure I'm right.

[kaesa]

Question: If you were Animagus, what kind of animal would you be?
J.K. Rowling responds: I'd like to be an otter - that's my favourite animal. It would be depressing if I turned out to be a slug or something.
"About the Books: transcript of J.K. Rowling's live interview on Scholastic.com," Scholastic.com, 16 October 2000

class 14: If you were a animagus which animal would you be? and why?
JK Rowling replies -> I gave Hermione my idea animagus, because it's my favourite animal. You'll find the answer in the Room of Requirement, Order of the Phoenix!
JK Rowling's World Book Day Chat, March 4, 2004

This seems to be the only support for animagus = patronus; there is nothing that states outright that the patronus is in fact an animagus, and it'd make very little sense, seeing as a patronus can change and we've seen no evidence for animagi changing, although I suppose it is possible.

Here is a handy little list of Patronus/Animagus interviews with JKR that was linked earlier by someone else. So, I'm sorry, but I'm pretty sure you're wrong

[jedibix783]

That's perfectly fine, good research! Thanks for doing that!

[kaesa]

Even though I can't close italics tags. Damn.

[jedibix783]

Haha, its ok.