It represented his love for Lily -- I bet it was her patronus too (or something.)
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sumi - Jul 26, 2007 1:25:29 pm PDT #1855 of 3301
Art Crawl!!!
Kathy A - Jul 26, 2007 1:34:02 pm PDT #1856 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I think that Harry says in his final showdown with Voldemort that Lily's Patronus was a doe.
In more post-DH fic recs, I like this post-battle fic (not too long, but very well-written).
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2007 1:36:04 pm PDT #1857 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Would a Patronus be less effective if it were some slow animal? Like a giant turtle or sloth?
I was thinking the same thing, tommyrot. I don't see a slow, plodding cow being very effective at scaring dementors.
JZ - Jul 26, 2007 1:51:57 pm PDT #1858 of 3301
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Oh, Kathy, that was a lovely fic. Thank you!
lisah - Jul 26, 2007 1:57:34 pm PDT #1859 of 3301
Punishingly Intricate
Did somebody else mention the problem with Hermione putting a memory spell on her folks and then later saying she hadn't done a memory spell before? Anyone fanwank that yet?
Hermione taking care of her Muggle parents was one of approximately 80 million cry points for me in the book.
Others big ones included, "A Free Elf," Hedwig's death (WHY didn't he let her out of her cage??!!), Percy's return to the fold, the name of Fleur & Bill's child, ... everything else practically.
I am a giant sap!
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2007 2:10:03 pm PDT #1860 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Did somebody else mention the problem with Hermione putting a memory spell on her folks and then later saying she hadn't done a memory spell before? Anyone fanwank that yet?
My fanwank is that erasing someone's memory is different from altering it. The latter seems more like a very powerful Confundus than an Obliviate.
billytea - Jul 26, 2007 2:17:03 pm PDT #1861 of 3301
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Someone on LJ just joked about what my Patronus would be.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure what mine would be. [link] Fear me! FEAR ME!!
Did somebody else mention the problem with Hermione putting a memory spell on her folks and then later saying she hadn't done a memory spell before? Anyone fanwank that yet?
Maybe she did one on herself shortly afterwards.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jul 26, 2007 2:20:37 pm PDT #1862 of 3301
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
My patronus would be a snake just to send mixed signals.
Trudy Booth - Jul 26, 2007 2:23:05 pm PDT #1863 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
ARE there adorable snakes?
Polter-Cow - Jul 26, 2007 2:25:07 pm PDT #1864 of 3301
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Maybe she did one on herself shortly afterwards.
Haaaaaa!