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jkaufman comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 104 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: jkaufman 16 February 2015 11:39:16PM 4 points [-]

There is no stated link between Patronuses and animagi

In canon there appears to be some kind of "one animal per person" rule. The only people where we know both their animagus form and their patronus are James Potter (stag) and Minerva McGonagall (cat), and in these two cases they match. Additionally, Remus Lupin, a werewolf, has a wolf for a patronus and Dumbledore, who is very close to Fawkes, has a phoenix.

Comment author: Velorien 16 February 2015 11:55:26PM 4 points [-]

That's true. But to me the evidence suggests that "Harry can't create an animal Patronus because he sees that animal Patronuses work through self-deception" rather than "Harry's Patronus animal is a human".

Comment author: FeepingCreature 17 February 2015 08:12:37AM *  0 points [-]

Unrelated conclusion: fursonas are HP canon.