Professor Arabella Figg

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No: HPFGUIDX 16516

Arabella Figg seems like the best choice for DADA just because I 
don't think Fleur would be a very good teacher.  In the second task, 
Fleur was unable to fend off an attack by Grindylows, which are 
listedn in FB as "harmless, may be domesticated."  This isn't to say 
that she can't be DADA teacher, but she'll probably have a lot to 
learn.  She'd also be likely to have a lot of trouble getting respect 
from Hogwarts students who saw her get beaten by a fourth year in the 
Triwizard tournament.

Not that she'd be the first DADA teacher to have trouble getting 
respect...

Well, back to lurking.

Glenn


> Don't apologize, subjects get repeated. I am glad you reintroduced 
> Arabella Figg as DADA instructor. I mentioned it in Message 15357 
> [March 28th] but did not get many agreements. More people seem to 
> think it may be Fleur. There is alot of room for charactor 
> development. 
> 
> 
> Bugg 
> 
> 
> --- ESJ <neptune_1984 at y...> wrote:
> > If someone has brought this up already, please forgive me. But, 
> what if Arabella Figg was the new Defense Against the Dark Arts 
> teacher in Book Five? Now that Vold. is in power and Dumbledore is 
> starting to round up his posse, I would think that she would be 
there 
> as a teacher to not only help Dumbledore but to help Harry. 
> > Maybe Mrs. Figg is a much more powerful figure than imagined, 
> because maybe she's the reason Harry has to stay at the Dursley's 
> every summer because she's protecting Harry. Perhaps she could be 
> Dumbledore's female counterpart. 
> > 
> > -Erin J.