Animagus voting is super intimidating, and I'm someone that loves voting in general. When I do Animagus voting (which I admit, isn't enough) I find that the first thing I do is get a vibe off the applicant. For the most part, I can get an idea of what type of animal they should be right away. For example, I can usually tell whether I'd want to vote the applicant as a mammal, a bird, a sea creature, etc.

I use Wikipedia a lot, actually. Sometimes I'll search something like 'lists of big cats' or other lists that fit what I think that person could be. That way I can find other animals in the category that haven't been taken yet by other applicants. There are a lot of good lists out there that include animals I've never even heard of, and if I get lucky, sometimes the applicant really fits one of them.

The whole process probably takes about an hour. I find that I definitely don't do it as much as I should since it's pretty time consuming. One thing that does help is making a list of their main traits and the things they definitely don't want to be included in their form. If I can write down a list of about ten or so things that needs to be included in their Animagus form, then I can usually narrow things down.

It's an intimidating process but I do recall how excited I was to get my Animagus form, so I'd really like to do it more and help other people feel that excitement for getting their form.

Tasha//Gryffidor