Expecto Patronum is a difficult spell to cast, and requires you to think of your happiest and most joyful memory. When it is successfully performed, a silver form will come out of your wand (Harry's was a stag).
I'm only a casual Harry Potter fan. I've read and enjoyed all of the books, but haven't seen most of the movies. With as strong and mesmerizing as the Expecto Patronum spell is, I can't help but wonder what memories I would use (Harry has to try several before he finds the strongest one), and what form my Patronus would take.
I've often said if I had my wedding to do over again, I'd do it differently. It might surprise some people that I would have preferred to do less. We had a small wedding with a renaissance theme. My aunt was my maid of honor, Brian's friend Marc was his best man, and we had no groomsmen or bridesmaids. The ceremony was in a park, under the willow tree that Brian and I often sat under when we started dating. Afterwards we had little cakes and some sparkling juice (public park = no alcohol allowed) in the park without any music or dancing. The next day we went up to the Bristol Renaissance Faire. All in all pretty simple. Even though I tend to be a hopeless romantic, I wish I would have skipped all of that. Looking back, now we wish we would have went straight down to Key West, eloped on a ship, then enjoyed the rest of our honeymoon together.Although, if we had done that, we would have missed out on our friend Christian officiating. He did a wonderful job and helped everything run smoothly.
Which brings me to what I think is my happiest memory: Our first kiss as husband and wife. Everything and everyone disappeared and there was nothing in the world except us. Anything else was darkness, and the only source of light radiated from the spot where our lips touched, and it was brighter than any other light that ever existed. I was slowly brought back to earth by Brian's blue eyes: the first thing I saw when I opened my own, and filled with the love that I felt in my own. In that moment, I was so filled with joy, I thought I would burst; I was too happy to even cry.
I never used to be a wedding-crier, but now, if the bride cries, I'll cry too, remembering that moment.
If the Patronus is based on my happiest moment, it would be a unicorn. Not a pansy unicorn, but a strong masculine one, built similar to a Clydesdale. Sorry, you don't get to know why, some things are too sacred to share.
So, what happy moment would you use to cast Expecto Patronum, and what would your Patronus be?
3 comments:
I've been pondering this question since I read the entry a day and a half ago. It's a tough one for me to answer -- at least, the first part is.
I assume that to be effective, the memory of a happy moment in the past has to make you equally happy in the present. There are moments that were exquisite when they happened, but are distant and departed enough that remembering them is bittersweet. Then there are moments that must have made me very happy, but I can't actually bring back the feeling as an emotional memory. I guess I'll keep thinking about it.
The easy question is what my Patronus should be. My initials are KAW. In high school, I started signing myself "Kaw." I would love for some part of me to be able to fly, and I like that crows are smart. I hope my Patronus would be a crow.
I'm actually surprised how easy my happy moment came to me. In the books, it seems like everyone has to sort out and choose their happy moments to find the one that works best. It seems like your dilemma would be the norm, to have a hard time finding a truly happy moment. And perhaps yours is yet to come.
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