"Harry Potter" fans can finally take the long-promised Pottermore quiz to find out their Patronus.A Patronus is a charm in the "Harry Potter" universe that's used to drive away soul-sucking Dementors. It's very difficult to conjure a corporeal Patronus ("It's the only spell she ever has trouble with," Harry sayswhen Hermione strugglesto make one), but if you can do it, it takes the form of your very own guardian animal.So ... which animal did you get'If it's something small, your Patronus is probably really lame.My patronus is a rat. Not even pizza rat. Just a regular, dirty, sewage rat.' K. Lucarelli ' (@KristinaLuca) September 22, 2016Don't talk to me about nobility or tenaciousness or Ron's wonderful family - my life is OVER pic.twitter.com/FiMoDLTbbG' Joss Whedon (@joss) September 22, 2016Boss: "Hey. I need you to put some pants on. Big time."Me: "MY PATRONUS IS A FUCKING AARDVARK, KAREN. WHAT'S THE POINT'" pic.twitter.com/NXNdyB1QHv' Taylor Ortega (@taylor_ortega) September 22, 2016People seem especially upset if they got a salmon ' like Luna Lovegood actress Evanna Lynch. In the series, Lovegood's Patronus is a hare, but Lynch wanted a cat.I don't geddit @pottermore...all of my happiest memories are spent in the presence of cats. Why oh why is my Patronus a SALMON'!'' #Patronus' Evanna Lynch (@Evy_Lynch) September 23, 2016My sad lil salmon would make me cry &feel bad things & doesn't that defeat the whole point of a patronus'! WHERE IS MY FIERCE LION PATRONUS' Evanna Lynch (@Evy_Lynch) September 23, 2016I think I'd be so embarrassed by my salmon I wouldn't even want dementors to see it so no Patronus for Evy, ok. Goodnight. #PatronusCrisus '' Evanna Lynch (@Evy_Lynch) September 23, 2016I got a salmon. My patronus is a SALMON. You all get cool cats and stags. I get something that poaches great with dill and lemon slices.' Marko Kloos (@markokloos) September 22, 2016The thing about Patronuses is that we don'treally know much about them. We know that they can only be conjured when the wizard or witch is thinking of a very happy memory. But they also seem to kind of havea life of their own. They tap into some deep part of you: Harry's Patronus is a stag, for instance, which is the same animal his father could transform into.What wedo know is that, in the Manichean world of J.K. Rowling, Patronuses are agood form of magic that serves partly as a foil to thebad magic ofdementors. Patronuses are, in other words, a type of magic used for good to fight evil.But how is your Patronus supposed to fight the bad guys if it's super tiny'Look no further than a passage in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" that illustrates this point. When Harry and Hermione sneak into the Ministry of Magic in their quest to steal one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, they find Dolores Umbridge sentencing Muggle-bornwizards ' those who were born to non-magical parents ' to Azkaban. The "courtroom" is filled with dementors, and Umbridge keeps herself safe with her ownPatronus cat:The moment he had passed the place where the Patronus cat patrolled, he felt the change in temperature: It was warm and comfortable here. The Patronus, he was sure, was Umbridge's, and it glowed brightly because she was so happy here, in her element, upholding the twisted laws she had helped to write.Later on, Harry stuns Umbridge, and her Patronus disappears. Harry castshis own Patronus ' a big, badass stag ' to keep back the dementors and escape from the courtroom.And here'swhere "Harry Potter" fans should be disappointed in their smaller Patronuses. Harry's bigger stag warms up the entire room much better than Umbridge's Patronus cat:The silver stag soared from the tip of Harry's wand and leapt toward the dementors, which fell back and melted into the dark shadows again. The stag's light, more powerful and more warming than the cat's protection, filled the whole dungeon as it cantered around and around the room.Now, it's possible Rowling might explain away Harry's powerful Patronus by arguing that he either is more pure of heart than Umbridge or that he is a more powerful wizard.Still, the more obvious solutionis that thesize of the Patronus ' and thus the animal in question ' matters.Rowling's preference in Patronuses may even prove this point. At first, she got a pine marten (a kind of lame badger), but she decided the quiz wasn't finished. In the finalversion, she got a huge heron.... so as far as I'm concerned, the @pottermore test works! Here's my Patronus... pic.twitter.com/xnjKfjGMx4' J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 22, 2016Meanwhile, I'm happy to say that I have a badass wolf.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: The world's largest pyramid is not in Egypt
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