Subject: An ordinary-looking mutt-type dog...
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Posted on: 2015-04-11 19:43:00 UTC

Much to my chagrin, it would probably be a dog.

I enjoy spending time with cats. I like dogs, but they're a bit pushy and overly friendly to me; the best sort of pet dog for me would be one that is thoughtful, quiet, intelligent, and perhaps has tendencies toward nervousness. (I'm thinking collie? Some kinda Shepherd?)

But my Patronus would be nothing like that, and not very much like me in personality. It would be a large, slobbery mutt of unidentifiable breed, and it wouldn't scare a Dementor away so much as overwhelm the Dementor with its sheer enthusiasm.

This is because many of my comforting memories are of friends with personalities very much like this--people who are exhuberant and optimistic, who like me for who I am, who can be eccentric and embarrass themselves but care very little about how silly they are being. When it comes to people, my greatest fear isn't that I will embarrass myself; instead I fear that I'll hurt someone else by mistake. In the presence of these people, I can forget my worries and not be afraid that I will insult or bother them, because they are extremely hard to annoy or insult.

So my Patronus would be a dog, of the sort that is likely to wash your face with its tongue, plant its paws on your chest, and wag its tail so wildly as to take its whole hind end along for the ride.

D'you see why I'm a perfect Hufflepuff? :)

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