Your Patronus (Might contain Spoilers)

[xKatiexBellx]

In the D.A. it says that Harry teaches them to do a patronus, it says what a few look like too (I would say for an example but I'm lending off my book right now) If you were taght how to make a patronus, what would yours look like?


Mine would be a lion!!:D

[Colli]

Wow, great idea for a thread!

I have no idea what mine would be (or what I would even want it to be)... I'll have to think about it! :D

[Stardust]

Mine would be a tiger.That or a turtle.Their my favorite animals.:D

[Kristin]

Mine would probably be a lion, too. Lions are my favorite animals. :)

But I wonder, does a patronus have to take an animal form? Or could it be something else? I guess it probably does have to be an animal (or at least something animate) because it charges down dementors.

Also, we see Harry's patronus in action. The stag uses its antlers to charge/toss dementors. But we only see Hermione's patronus as a frolicking otter ... and I can't imagine how an otter would charge down dementors.

[qleap]

Mine would definitely be a cat!
And it'd look like this ;)
http://www.council-of-elrond.com/scrapbook/Q/HaLFpancia.jpg
Not looking exactly so dangerous eh? :rolleyes: :D

[Moxie]

Looks about as dangerous as, well, our cat. :o

[xKatiexBellx]

Originally posted by Kristin
Mine would probably be a lion, too. Lions are my favorite animals. :)

Wow!:hug: Kristin... never thought I'd meet another lion liker here!

[Rivenlas]

Don't know what mine would be, but I don't think form matters. I think what matters is how powerful the Patronus is, not the form it takes.

[Stardust]

Cool.:D

[xKatiexBellx]

Also something bigger... something more of a predator might be better, they might have more effect, Tigers and Lions are cool!:o :D

[Amberion]

Badger of course

Strong and resolute

[swiftsnowmane]

Mine would definately be either a horse or a unicorn. I started riding when I was very young and have loved them for as long as I can remember. I owned a beautiful Arabian gelding for over five years, and as cheesy as it sounds, he was one of my best friends.:) I would like to think that if I had a patronus, it would come back as him (or as a unicorn, the magical equivalent). Horses are such a huge part of my identity that I can't see it any other way. :)

[Mirdan]

i want my patronus to be a large dog. i have no preference on what kind, but it has to be something wolf-like :cool:

[Stardust]

You mean like what Sirus changes in to.:D

[Fleurdelacour]

Mmm, my patronus... I'd like to to be a cat, I love cats, and www, you're cat is gorgous! :D *squeaks*

[BloodFire]

Mine would probably be a cat, seeing as (And I hate to say this, 'cause I love horses, too) cats are my favorite animal and our family has only ever had cats as pets.

I know what it would look like too. It's would be an exact replica of my cat, Pinky, who I grew up with. He's dead now, but he meant a lot to me. :(

He had the perfect additude for a patronus, too. :D He would fight anything and was afraid of nothing. My ol' tomcat, with the hole in his right ear, and who was... big-boned. ;)

www- I wanna scritch your kitty's belly. It's so tantalizing...

[Stardust]

You just scrach Elvis's tummy.:D

[Elbereth94]

Hmm, thats a very good question. My Patronus would probably be something along the lines of a hawk or an eagle. I've always loved the sky and I think a powerful, majestic bird kind of represents who I am inside- free and independant.

I think that is what decides you Patronus. Not nessecarily your favourite animal, but the animal you yourself are most like. It would definitely be very interesting to find out. Someone should ask this question only changing it to Animagus. Now, that would be interesting to discover!

[Lord Schaudt]

I would say a Dragon or a (and im not really proud of it) a Snake, more specifily a King Cobra, but Probably a dragon


with a option on a Norton Antivirius signal

[Little Miss]

mine'd have to be a cat too, or maybe a large frog....

nah. a cat.

something like this

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid47/paab9befc400e055542741c2faae26d04/fcc878be.jpg

[xKatiexBellx]

That looks like my cat!!!!! My cat is all around black, from her padded feet to her nose:)

[Little Miss]

ours was black but now she's going grey on her belly :(

[Ravenclaw]

I suppose your patronus would take the same form as your daemon (linking to other books here- beware) seeing as I think your patronus shows a part of your soul in animal form. I once took a test that said my daemon was a wolf, when I was into Wicca, I've discovered through spiritual means that my spirit guide is also a wolf. Therefore, guess what I believe my patronus would be?

Perhaps maybe...

http://home.earthlink.net/~ffzweb/Images/GWOLF2.jpg

Yes...

[xKatiexBellx]

cute:D
But I wonder, does a patronus have to take an animal form? Or could it be something else? I guess it probably does have to be an animal (or at least something animate) because it charges down dementors.

That would be interesting seeing a human patronus... hmm, I'd like to see a dementor patronus, that would be funny... a silvery dementor charging down a real one:rolleyes: I wounder if they can take the forms of magical animals too tho, like Blast-Ended Skrewts or Sphinxes...

Also, we see Harry's patronus in action. The stag uses its antlers to charge/toss dementors. But we only see Hermione's patronus as a frolicking otter ... and I can't imagine how an otter would charge down dementors.

Something tells me patronuses don't only run at dementors... the otter could do something, other than run at it, to attack...

[Ravenclaw]

Yeah, good point, Katie.

I don't think of patronuses as tangible objects, but more like solid-looking ghosts. Perhaps Harry's stag charges at the dementors, horns down, but I only remember them backing away or being run over, the antlers having nothing to do with it. An otter, like Hermione's, might charge as well, snapping and biting (otters are normally friendly creatures from what I hear, but they do snap.)

And Cho's was a swan (I think). I can easily see a bird like that opening it's wide wing span and flapping, not to mention snapping at the dementor with that blasted beak. Swans are nasty creatures.

As I said before, I believe your patronus reflects a part of who you are at heart. Cho, for example, a beautiful graceful swan... but people forget how mean and arrogant swans are...

I dunno, perhaps I'm saying this because I didn't really like her in the end. She started out alright, but then she seemed so emotional, even for a girl, and so, well, I said it before, arrogant. I guess, in reality, she's not that mean. Just emotional. And arrogant. OK, I better stop now before I repeat myself again, not to mention contradict my entire arguement completely.

Hermione's otter shows her playful side, perhaps. Or maybe she's a good swimmer and no one knows it. lol. Harry's stag represents the part of himself he inherrited from his father. Stags are also proud, nobel and strong creatures, which I believe Harry might be (maybe not nobel, but strong).

I'm contradicting myself again, aren't I? Argh. OK, just forget I said anything.

[xKatiexBellx]

Originally posted by Ravenclaw
I dunno, perhaps I'm saying this because I didn't really like her in the end. She started out alright, but then she seemed so emotional, even for a girl, and so, well, I said it before, arrogant. I guess, in reality, she's not that mean. Just emotional. And arrogant. OK, I better stop now before I repeat myself again, not to mention contradict my entire arguement completely.

I totally agree... when she kisses Harry I thought it was quite cute, yet she was acting quite cheesy, then... at the date, she acts like Harry's ruining her date, but Cho was really ruining Harry's date to me.

In the end i found she is quite a stuck up snob...

You may tell how much I hate her:D:p

[PhineasNigellus]

i think my patronus would be a sloth. :)

[xKatiexBellx]

That's an interesting one... see, Kristin? That's a great example of how they don't only charge them down... I'd like to see a sloth run at top speed!:D

My lion would look something like this:D
http://www.lcusd.net/lce/lion.jpg

so cute! http://www.myimager.com/uploads/lionicon2_2482244234_209764.jpg?361381

[ChianaWeasley]

My patronus...hmm...what would my patronus take the form of...
I know!!!

A doo-doo bird!
http://www.davidreilly.com/dodo/books/wastherereally/gask.gif

I've always wanted to see one, ever since I was little...
But they're still around and noone can tell me any different!!
:D

And yes Cho was a snivelling little brat, and Harry nor Cedric deserved her. Grr....I dont enjoy reading about pretty miss snot wad. LOL,so sorry but I really hate her:p

[jesuisalleeaujardin]

:LOL: ... i want my patronus to be an eagle. :cool:

jardin

[Ravenclaw]

Originally posted by ChianaWeasley
I've always wanted to see one, ever since I was little...
But they're still around and noone can tell me any different!!
:D

You know, I read Magical Beasts and Where to Find Them and didn't it talk of a bird that the Muggles once called the Doo Doo bird and thought was extinct? I don't have that book here, so I can't check. Just thought I'd say something.

[xKatiexBellx]

Originally posted by ChianaWeasley
And yes Cho was a snivelling little brat, and Harry nor Cedric deserved her. Grr....I dont enjoy reading about pretty miss snot wad. LOL,so sorry but I really hate her:p

oh! you share my hate for Cho!:hug:

[ChianaWeasley]

Oh! So they do still exsist!
I just knew it!!!!
Huzzaa!!!!

And yes xKatiex I loathe Cho, she's a water demon, hence all the crying ;)

[Stardust]

Maybe if she wasn't with Cedric, he might still be alive.:)

[PhineasNigellus]

You girls are just jealous that she dumped "the boy who lived"

[xKatiexBellx]

Yeah right!!:rolleyes: I hate her guts she makes me so mad!:mad:

You're just jealous she does exsist Phineas

[ChianaWeasley]

I could never figure it out before, but you're a male aren't you Phineas?

wards off trouts if they are a girl

Cho's an absolute ninny!!!

[Colli]

jardin, an eagle's an awesome choice!!

My patronus could be a little white rabbit... like that rabid in Monty Python. ;)

lol

Maybe a kangaroo, like the one that delivers Xaz's mail, or a tiger.

A tiger is a definitely possibility.

Yeah, a tiger. :D

[PhineasNigellus]

Phineas squares up in a v.masculine way and ives Chiana an evil eye...of course i am male

[ChianaWeasley]

aw, Phineas you didn't have to put male in your location just for me mate!

LOL

Well your patronus really has to match your inner personality, not just what you think would be cool for a patronus form. Remember that

[PhineasNigellus]

*Phineas looks distinctly grumpily at Chiana*

[Colli]

:) Chiana, can you show me where in the books it says that about Patronuses? (Patroni?)

The point of the Patronus is to protect, which is why Prongs is Harry's Patronus. Prongs doesn't necessarily reflect Harry's "inner personality." The Harry Potter Lexicon defines it as "a silvery phantom shape, usually that of an animal, which is the embodiment of the positive thoughts of the caster. A Patronus will drive away Dementors. "

[ChianaWeasley]

oh! By gosh your right Colli! Thanx for setting me straight on that one :) Well I guess a Doo-Doo bird can be quite terrifying:p

:( sorry Phineas, didn't mean to offend you

[Ravenclaw]

I think she got that idea from me, Colli :o. It was my theory that said that...

I guess the Lexicon knows everything, doesn't it? It sure knows a lot more than I do.

[Colli]

LOL, no prob Chiana

LOL Ravenclaw, I just go to the Lexicon when I can't remember where things are in the books. ;)

I dunno, I think a monkey might make a pretty funny patronus.

[swiftsnowmane]

A monkey named Jack would be very frightening indeed.....;)

[Stardust]

Yep.:)

[Ravenclaw]

Originally posted by swiftsnowmane
A monkey named Jack would be very frightening indeed.....;)

Hehe, I hope the Dementors don't come when the moon's shining in that situation.

[ChianaWeasley]

A monkey named Jack as a patronus? LOL, theres an idea I haven't heard so far! Oh, it was so creepy when it came out into the moon light. Evil monkey...

Lexicon, I've never heard of that before

[xKatiexBellx]

Originally posted by Ravenclaw
Hehe, I hope the Dementors don't come when the moon's shining in that situation.


:LOL: No one would want to see that...

[ChianaWeasley]

Well dementor's are pretty horrible to begin with from the desrciption Rowling has given us. And they've been in the moonlight before...so i dont think we have to worry:)

[Stardust]

yep.:D

[Colli]

(Chiana, The Harry Potter Lexicon (http://www.hp-lexicon.org/) :))

Stardust, could you to try post more than just one word? :) Thanks!

[Marchwarden]

A Crumple-Horned Snorkack.

[PhineasNigellus]

i wonder what one of those actually looks like?

[xKatiexBellx]

I think of a Crumple-Horned Snorlack as a giant green animal with Crumpled Horns...


Pretend I'm Harry Potter right now. In low voice 'This is my corporeal patronus':

http://www.mugglenet.com/images/dementors1.jpg

'You can see I've used it against Dementors many times...'

:D OK, stop pretending... I'm better off being a girl

[Lembas]

There are many animals I admire that could be my patronus:

The Timber Wolf

The Black Panther

The Kodiak Bear

The Falcon

I love all these animals ( from a safe distance of course ) but if they were my patronus, I'd feel safe with them going against Dementors. And if I can't have any of those, I'll just go with a skunk. :D

[xKatiexBellx]

ooooooh, a falcon sounds really good

[Ravenclaw]

Originally posted by ChianaWeasley
Well dementor's are pretty horrible to begin with from the desrciption Rowling has given us. And they've been in the moonlight before...so i dont think we have to worry:)

Uh... Chianna... *shakes head* heh, them blasted dementors in the moonlight, all glowing and stuff... They're probably radioactive or something.

Nice picture, Katie!

[xKatiexBellx]

too bad its not a pic of the film...

[ChianaWeasley]

LOL, but still it fits with the discussion!!!:D

I wonder....do you have dreams with animals in it? Well, I'm very sure everyone does once or twice in their life-but my question is this....if you have dreams with an animal showing up more then once, could that be your patronuses form? Make sense? Good. :)

I wonder...

[PhineasNigellus]

either that or you are a bestiophile (sp?)

[ChianaWeasley]

I had to look that one up in the dictionary:o

......I just hope it wasn't an insult ;)
:p

[PhineasNigellus]

no - i mean it in a nice way.:D

[ChianaWeasley]

I love to have my dictionary close at hand :D

Alright, just checking :p

Actually I think my vocabulary is fair, I do read often. And in middle school my friends would tell me to stop using "big" words:D

[Ravenclaw_girl]

Mine could be a pony or something like that, for I really love animals. Or maybe it would be an owl, for my intelligence.

[Ravenclaw]

Hello hello! Welcome! New faces, how I love new faces in the cauldron.

And by the way, love the name ;).

About the dream/patronus thing, I agree with Chianna... though the bestiophile thing could also be an explination... *shudders*. But as I've said before, my spirit guide is a wolf, so it makes sense to me.

[ChianaWeasley]

How do you know what your spirit guide is exactly?

:confused:

I think I'll go with the dream theory. In that case it may be a sloth.
Got a thing with sloths being in my dreams on and off :p

[Ravenclaw]

I was-- and in a way, still am-- Wiccan for a while and discovered it through spiritual means, Chianna. :)

[ChianaWeasley]

Do what ye will, harm noone
:)

[Ravenclaw]

Blessed be, Chianna. ;)

Uh... for the sake of adding something relevant to the conversation, my friend wants her patronus to be a platypus (don't ask me why please).

[PhineasNigellus]

(guessing that willow from Buffy the vampire slayer is not your average wiccan)
do you ever do any magicy stuff? Or is it more thinking happy thoughts/female empowerment?

[xKatiexBellx]

Welcome all new people, I am behind for I have been away... on thursday I'm going to visit family members... hopefully I'll get time to come on the boards tho!;)

[Amberion]

Originally posted by Ravenclaw
Blessed be, Chianna. ;)

Uh... for the sake of adding something relevant to the conversation, my friend wants her patronus to be a platypus (don't ask me why please).

No problem with that

Platypus are very protective of their territory (particularly the males)

[Ravenclaw]

Originally posted by PhineasNigellus
(guessing that willow from Buffy the vampire slayer is not your average wiccan)
do you ever do any magicy stuff? Or is it more thinking happy thoughts/female empowerment?

Hahaha... Wicca is always mis-portreyed in tv shows and Hollywood which I think is :nose: :rolleyes:. Female empowerment? Guys are Wiccans too, it's not a girl thing. "Magicy stuff?" More like Magicky stuff... magick is like... well, more like prayer than anything else. Nothing so mystical, but it is a very spiritual religion and shares many common aspects and beliefs of other religions, such as Bhuddism. It is NOT satanism.

On a more on topic note-- Is that so Amb? Ha, I didn't know that. And frankly, I don't think she did either.

[Bellatrix_Lestrange]

I was thinking bear.

They embody my personal perception of strength and resiliance, but they're kind of friendly too. I'd feel safe with a big silver bear between me and the dementors.

[ChianaWeasley]

A platypus, well there are not mammal, nor are they....what are platyi considered again?
Chiana looks up information on the platypus

Alright,well they are mammal:o But they lay eggs....such a confusing animal. Actually a platypus reminds me of someone who cant decide what they wanted to animigus into, or perhaps they get stuck between two choices.

kinda funny actually

[Monkfish]

A HUMAN!!!

(Well.............I am a fish..........) :)

[xKatiexBellx]

That would be interesting, doing a patronus for the first time and being surprised to find out it was like a memory of yourself.:D

[ChianaWeasley]

Nah, I enjoy the idea more if it sticks to aniamls other then humans :D

[xKatiexBellx]

That would be funny though, imagine if the patronus acted like its form, so, like if you were really cowardly and you shot out a patronus that was a mirage of yourself and the patrnous ran away after seeing the dementors:D

[Lord Schaudt]

Either a Dragon or a wolf

i have had a dragon obsseion since i was a wee litttle lad, and i have always liked wolves.


but it would be nice to have Dumbldore as a Patronous

[owl]

My patronus would just have to be a snowy owl like hedwig aaaah!

[Ayla]

i'd like to have a magnificent eagle or a unicorn. Magical, majestic and oooooh so beautiful (and I hope strong) :D

[Bellatrix_Lestrange]

Originally posted by Amberion
No problem with that

Platypus are very protective of their territory (particularly the males)

They also have venom glands in their hind claws.

It's a weak poison; that said, proper treatment is rarely available. I mean, who the heck carries platypus antidote along on a wilderness trek?

BTW, I've rethought my patronus after rereading the Lexicon's definition of what one actually is. Mine will be a bat.

[MarySueMalfoy]

Hmmm...tigress.

As in "Crouching Tigress, Hitting on Draco".

[SiriuslyInLove]

Originally posted by MarySueMalfoy
Hmmm...tigress.

As in "Crouching Tigress, Hitting on Draco".


:LOL:


Katz would kill you for saying that! LOL!

I thought I had done this...hmm...must have been animagus... BUt I do belive mine would be a dolphin or a Elk. :)