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Jay, how freaking cool are patronuses?
They're like zodiac signs, except way more real, which is to say... still moderately fiction.
And only moderately. I am still waiting on my letter.
Well this week, in true JK Rowling fashion,
we get the tiniest little detail as to what we might be able to expect
In the next installment of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
And that is as simple as the answer to the question: What is Newt's Patronus?
JK Rowling came back with two simple words: "Big spoiler".
Man, well now I have to know!
Today we make our case
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So patronuses! How hard could it be?
All we have to do is basically narrow it down to...
Like every single animal
Real or magical, possibly even extinct.
Easy peasy!
But I mean there's got to be like a good starting place, right?
It's not like Newt loves...every animal
Okay, well so according to Pottermore the most common patronuses across the board are cats, dogs and horses.
This is due to humans long standing connections with these specific animals and as such
More likely that people are going to have some type of connection with them
But just having a connection with an animal doesn't necessarily predict your patronus at all.
Patronuses really depend more on what is hidden within. Unknown but necessary to your personality. That is at least according to 18th century
Charms researcher, Catullus Spangle, who developed a few principles on patronuses that are now believed to be
True. He says, " Patronuses are the awakened 'Secret Self' that lies dormant until needed, but which must now
Be brought to light." So let's see how that applies to the partonuses we actually know about. Easily the
Most famous is Harry's stag, aka prongs, aka the form his father took as an animagus
Which according to Spangle, would suggest that Harry's secret self was one very similar to his father
Or at that was someone he would like to be like. So in order for Harry's patronus to take on the corporeal form
He needed to summon this inner strength that, before that moment, he believed only his father to possess.
Even just before he casts it for the first time he genuinely believes that somehow his father is going to step in and do it. "My dad
will come. He'll come to the patronus." Then maybe the other most famous patronus is
Snape's silver doe which doesn't actually represent his secret self but probably
His biggest secret which is his undying love for Lily, whose patronus was also a doe. This brand of patronus, meaning one
That is reflective of someone you love, is pretty common throughout the series. For example
Tonks' is a jack rabbit and changes into a wolf after she falls in love with Lupin, a werewolf. Lupin's patronus is
Also a wolf. Hermione's patronus is an otter, which is a member of the weasel-ey family. Get it like Ron Weasl-ey. Speaking of Ron
His patronus is a Jack Russell terrier which may not seem connected to anything at all, until you learn that
Jack Russell terriers were originally bred to track down things like rats, badgers, foxes, and... otters.
Awww...
Also, fun fact: JK Rowling had a pet Jack Russell terrier when writing the books, and her favorite animal is an otter.
Although, her patronus is a actually a pine martin.
But, love's not the only thing that can influence your patronus. In rare cases, it can actually be your favorite animal.
Spangle says, "This is an indicator of obsession or eccentricity and such wizards are unable to hide their secret or essential self in real life." Fittingly,
the eccentric Dumbledore matches this description and as such his favorite animal, the phoenix, is also his patronus
Which brings us back to Newt, who is also pretty eccentric,
But I can't imagine he would ever choose one creature to be his favorite. Maybe the Bowtruckle?
But that seems like a rather unintimidating patronus and how is that spoilery?
We do know that Newt goes on to own several Kneazles and Kneazles are commonly confused with a cat, and cats are some of the most common patronuses
But let's just face it, a movie called "Fantastic Beasts" is not going to feature a character that has his patronus be a cat. Plus, Umbridge's
was a cat and she sucks. (sigh) If only there was an obvious animal Newt would have.
Think... Newt... newt... newt?
Yeah, no. It absolutely won't be that obvious, but names. Names in Harry Potter so often have to do with the character
of well... the character themselves. For example, lily is the death flower and petunias represent anger and resentment.
But of course, those don't have anything to do with their patronuses.
But Sirius is the constellation named for Canis Major, or the "dog star".
And his patronus is a dog. And Remus, the werewolf, was pretty clearly named after Romulus and Remus
the twin brothers who founded Rome and were raised by wolves.
And like I said earlier, Remus's patronus is a wolf. But so if we already decided that we don't think it's going to be a newt
And the closest thing to Scamander is salamander, and we already decided we don't think it's going to be a newt
Then what do we have left? Because so far we've been successfully rule out...newts
And cats.
Which still leaves...a few more.
But we do know that Newt does have a potential love interest, even though we've only seen a glimmer of it
So far with none other than Tina Goldstein.
So maybe Newt's patronus, kind of like Ron/Hermione, James/Lily/Snape, and Tonks
will have something to do with her.
I actually really like this idea, because we also know that Newt might have one other potential love interest
in Leta Lestrange. And that neither Newt or Tina are very good with people,
meaning they are not great at communicating feelings, especially with each other.
And while they end the movie very clearly possessing feelings for one another,
neither is very explicit about it.
"I'll send you a copy of my book, if I may."
"I'd like that." I can easily see a scenario where Tina comes to believe that fancies Leta over herself
Until the patronus is revealed. But the question is, what will it be?
Well Tina is actually not her full name. Tina's real name
is Porpentina, which is derived from the archaic word porpentine which is
Another word for porcupine. Boom. New't patronus will be a porcupine.
I love this actually because its incredibly unusual, without it being one of his fantastic beasts
Which I just simply don't think they could choose between. And it represents that idea of
Kind of hidden identity. Just like with Harry he doesn't believe he's powerful enough to cast a patronus. He believes
It has to be his father. Newt does not believe he is good with people. "Not really, no
I annoy people." And doesn't seem to much like them back
"The most vicious creatures on the planet, human." And the only other person he
Truly had a connection with, hurt him. "I don't really what Leda likes these days."
"She was a taker. You need a giver." So I think the one thing that can make him
A more powerful wizard than he already is, is getting the
love and support of another human. It's possible this is something that not even Newt
Knows that he needs. I mean what was that line about what could possibly determine your patronus?
"Must draw upon resources he or she may never have needed." So it's a
Name-based, relationship-driven, and fulfillment of his secret self patronus. It hits
All the stops. So there you go, porcupine for the win. Man, that would be a great
T-shirt (Jay, off-camera) I agree, make it happen.
#porcupineftw. There you go guys that is my theory for what
Newt's patronus is going to be. For my question of the day, what do you think? Do you agree? Do you disagree? Do you have a theory of your own? And also
What is you patronus? Be sure to leave you thoughts in the towel section down below.
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