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.
Fire bad. Tree pretty.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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Laga - Aug 25, 2007 11:27:57 pm PDT #2677 of 3301
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Fay - Aug 26, 2007 3:08:41 am PDT #2678 of 3301
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
t sheepish
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...
evil jimi - Aug 26, 2007 3:26:34 am PDT #2679 of 3301
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
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.
Fay - Aug 26, 2007 4:12:17 am PDT #2680 of 3301
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
nods
DCJensen - Aug 26, 2007 5:45:54 am PDT #2681 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
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.
DebetEsse - Aug 26, 2007 7:12:22 am PDT #2682 of 3301
Woe to the fucking wicked.
But your patronus can change. I'd be quite surprised if your animagus form could.
Vortex - Aug 26, 2007 8:00:20 am PDT #2683 of 3301
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
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.
lisah - Aug 26, 2007 9:48:59 am PDT #2684 of 3301
Punishingly Intricate
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.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 27, 2007 2:50:32 am PDT #2685 of 3301
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So "vest" in the American sense (as in a 3-piece suit) - would that be waistcoat?
Theodosia - Aug 27, 2007 2:53:02 am PDT #2686 of 3301
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
IIRC, yes, but it's pronounced 'weskit' if you're being authenticlike.