Newt Scamander's Patronus - Harry Potter Theory

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Welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In this video, we’re going to be discussing none other than famed magizoologist Newt Scamander, and the form of his Patronus animal. Newt is of course the author of ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them’ - a very popular book in the magical world outlining all sorts of magical creatures. It’s essentially an encyclopaedia of magical creatures, and lists everything that you need to know about these beasts. Newt gathered his information over years of scouring the globe, and once described his profession as follows:

"I have visited lairs, burrows and nests across five continents, observed the curious habits of magical beasts in a hundred countries, witnessed their powers, gained their trust and, on occasion, beaten them off with my travelling kettle."

Newt’s book was so well received by the wizarding population that it was even made an integral part of the Hogwart’s curriculum by headmaster Albus Dumbledore:

"Newt's masterpiece had been an approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ever since its publication and must take a substantial amount of credit for our students' consistently high results in Care of Magical Creatures examinations”

We’re first introduced to Newt Scamander in the new Fantastic Beasts films, where he’s one of the main characters. He’s a calm, mild-mannered man with an astounding amount of patience and an incredible attitude toward dealing with animals. He’s highly nurturing, very quirky, and certainly awkward, but he has a certain charm about him. He’s often barely able to make eye contact with other people and is sometimes painfully awkward, but his honest love for magical creatures and his empathy and desire to help others means that we can’t help but like him.

So, if you’re anything like me, you must be wondering- what is the patronus animal of a man who has an affinity for so many different creatures? In this video, we’re going to be theorizing on WHAT exactly Newt’s patronus animal is, and I think that he’s a particularly interesting subject to analyze in this regard because of his relationship with creatures.

A Patronus is of course the result of a witch or wizard casting the Patronus charm. There are two types of patronus charms, corporeal and incorporeal. The more basic form of the spell is the incorporeal patronus, which assumes no animal form and simply resembles a burst of white vapour or smoke, and the more advanced form of the spell is the conjuring of a corporeal patronus. The ability to successfully cast a corporeal patronus is considered an impressive feat in the wizarding community. The corporeal patronus assumes the form of the witch or wizards ‘spirit animal’, and varies extensively from witch to witch or wizard to wizard. While casting spells that create your very own spirit animal is probably fun, there is a purpose, and that purpose is to ward off dementors or lethifolds- dark creatures that feed on human happiness and incite a feeling of despair in anyone that gets close to them. They are among the foulest creatures around, and represent nothing but darkness, depression and decay. The patronus charm is the ONLY known way of dealing with a dementor, and so it’s a gravely important thing for a witch or wizard to know. The patronus represents everything that a Dementor doesn’t: hope, happiness, survival and purity. As the patronus itself does not feel despair or hopelessness, as a human might, the dementors can’t hurt it and are repelled by its presence.

A little while back Actor Eddie redmayne, who plays Newt Scamander, actually took the Patronus test himself, and had this to say:

"I actually did (the Patronus test) twice as it launched. Both times I got the same Patronus. The people from Pottermore told me that that was incredibly rare because of the amount of algorithms it takes to choose the Patronus. So I must really be that thing."

It’s then Revealed that Redmayne’s Patronus is "A basset hound with long floppy ears”. So, that’s Redmayne, but what about Newt? When JK Rowling was asked about Newt’s Patronus on Twitter, all that she could say was that it would be a ‘big spoiler’. This just makes me even more curious.

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