Animal Chars.

[Simon Branford]

"Penny said: Simon -- I think phoenixes go in magical creatures.  That's my
vote anyway."

I'll ask a slightly different question now. Phoenixes go in the magical
creatures FAQ but do I still cover Fawkes as he is a character?

"Animal characters would include cats, owls and toads, plus dogs (apart from
Fluffy), snakes (but only the one at the zoo) and rats (I think Scabbers
should be covered here in any discussions that occurred before his true
identity was revealed)."

My list of Animal Characters that I have in the FAQ is:
Hedwig
Errol
Hermes
Pigwidgeon
Fawkes
Scabbers - but only to give a link to Animagus FAQ
Crookshanks
Mrs Norris
Fang

I need to add Trevor to the list. I had not thought of the snake at the zoo.
I guess he has not come up in discussions but will add him in.

Do people want me to cover anyone else in the FAQ? Do people want me to
cover anything more generally on different animals?

"I'm still ploughing through the messages, but I've experienced a similar
problem of scant coverage of some of my FAQ topics. It seems some of the
most interesting characters and topics have not been discussed much in the
group."

The animal characters listed above have hardly appeared at all. I have yet
to look at Hedwig or Crookshanks but I can only think of a couple of points
raised about either.

"I see our job as summarising some of the very original (and the not so
great) thoughts of our members on various topics and putting in a bit of
general background.  We are aiming to avoid repeat posts on topics such as
'gleam in Dumbledore's eye' and 'Priori Incantatem' (eeek - 'Priori
Incantatem is a spell, I've just realised)."

That should cut down my work on Crookshanks as he seems only to be mentioned
in conjunction with the Animagus or not issue. It does however give me a
small licence to put in the Harry / Hedwig theory of mine. At the present
rate I need something to bulk out the animal characters FAQ!

Simon