Professor Arabella Figg

[clairey at airy-fairy.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16519

A fourth year that had A LOT of help, lets not forget that little 
miss flower got stunned through the hedges....but....nah....i dont 
think she will be the next DADA teacher/victim.....be a bit of a 
problem with the whole Veela thing wouldn't there? (!).....


:) claire


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., gmaddox at h... wrote:
> 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.