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((If there are chapters past this, you can just SKIP THIS and go onto the next chapter. This is just an important note on this story...)) Responding to a review I just got, I just want to differentiate some things before any further confusion might be accumulated.
'Fireblade K'Chona' had brought up a good point : "For some reason or other, I thought Harry's animal would be a stag...would these animals also be their Patronuses? "
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Actually, here's my answer, Fireblade. ^_^ :: A spirit animal is totally different from what a Patronus is. A patronus is an apparition that is obviously, duh, used to scare away dementors. Patronuses resembles the animal/person/thing that a person feels would most *protect* them from their biggest fear. Harry had, for some reason or another, chosen a stag.
A spirit animal, however, is a bit more complicated. It's there to teach a *lesson* rather than to protect, although since in my story, they are physical, they can talk (Just like they supposedly do in people's consciences. =) They have the *ability* to protect their 'host' (as I call them) if they *choose to*. Spirit animals usually resemble the person's personality, yet there are some of those times that people will have animals there that are totally opposite, like creatures that are more humane or that can cause more fear in a person. Hermione's bear, for example, will help her through a lot of Transformations that she will go through in this story (which are usually caused by change, in which people fear). Neville's turtle will help him with his problem of navigating through his life and possibly around a classroom ;) And hopefully, these animals will *teach* them about life, instead of protecting them from it (Besides the occasional hallway brawl *giggle*)
Well, that's all. I just HAD to answer that concern and get it off my chest. I had also been thinking about it a few times, and always had the difference set in my brain, just not the common sense to type it out in the story, which I *should've* done. Anyway, thanks Fireblade K'Chona, for helping me out!
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((If there are chapters past this, you can just SKIP THIS and go onto the next chapter. This is just an important note on this story...)) Responding to a review I just got, I just want to differentiate some things before any further confusion might be accumulated.
'Fireblade K'Chona' had brought up a good point : "For some reason or other, I thought Harry's animal would be a stag...would these animals also be their Patronuses? "
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Actually, here's my answer, Fireblade. ^_^ :: A spirit animal is totally different from what a Patronus is. A patronus is an apparition that is obviously, duh, used to scare away dementors. Patronuses resembles the animal/person/thing that a person feels would most *protect* them from their biggest fear. Harry had, for some reason or another, chosen a stag.
A spirit animal, however, is a bit more complicated. It's there to teach a *lesson* rather than to protect, although since in my story, they are physical, they can talk (Just like they supposedly do in people's consciences. =) They have the *ability* to protect their 'host' (as I call them) if they *choose to*. Spirit animals usually resemble the person's personality, yet there are some of those times that people will have animals there that are totally opposite, like creatures that are more humane or that can cause more fear in a person. Hermione's bear, for example, will help her through a lot of Transformations that she will go through in this story (which are usually caused by change, in which people fear). Neville's turtle will help him with his problem of navigating through his life and possibly around a classroom ;) And hopefully, these animals will *teach* them about life, instead of protecting them from it (Besides the occasional hallway brawl *giggle*)
Well, that's all. I just HAD to answer that concern and get it off my chest. I had also been thinking about it a few times, and always had the difference set in my brain, just not the common sense to type it out in the story, which I *should've* done. Anyway, thanks Fireblade K'Chona, for helping me out!
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