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True, but most of the time if someone says vest they
do
mean undershirt.
It's way more common.
...I know this isn't a fanfic thread, but if anyone is interested in reading a story that expands on and ameliorates the rather unsatisfactory epilogue of HPatDH, then check out this most excellent story: Coda To An Epilogue. It's gen, plotty, and quite simply fabulous. Draco and Harry end up spending a little quality time rescuing their respective offspring from alligators in the sewers of Durmstrang - I'm
awed
that she has managed to do such a sterling job with the kids' characterisation based on JKR's wee sketch. And there's social change and - oh, if you're at all tempted, you should check it out. It really does fit pretty damn seamlessly into canon, and answers various questions and ties various loose ends neatly.
...sorry if its already been recc'd, though - I'm probably very behindhand with finding it. But, damn, it's good.
I liked the bits in that about the future of Slytherin. And her Malfoy had some good points about the final battle. There were a couple of jokes in there that I'm still groaning over, though. (When Bettina introduces herself, in particular.)
I've just read PoA and she never says outright but I got the feeling you do not get to pick which animal you are as an animagus.
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Oh, that bit made me giggle. I thought it was quite a Pratchett kind of gag, inasmuchasit fitted in so naturally that anyone who didn't get the reference (which, given the youth of HP fandom, will probably be a depressing chunk of them) wouldn't even register that it was there. YCheeseToleranceMV.
fwiw, incidentally, my impression also was that you don't get to choose your animal - that it's almost like a Pullman-style daemon in that respect. But I don't think JKR explicitly states that in the text...
True, but most of the time if someone says vest they do mean undershirt. It's way more common.
Ah, so it must've evolved to be more an Aussie thing then.
I think I agree that JKR seems to say the patronis is very much influenced by who you are. That's why Snape's patronis was a doe like Lily's.
But your patronus can change. I'd be quite surprised if your animagus form could.
I think that your patronus is what makes you happy or confident, which can change. Your animagus is more about who you are. which can change as well, but not nearly as much.
Did I say breetches? I meant breeches
sorry that was probably just my misspelling what you wrote! And was too lazy to go back and check.
