Mrs. Figg and JKR's Comments (was Re: Mrs. Figg....rumors)

[Haggridd]

No: HPFGUIDX 16742

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Kelley" <SKTHOMPSON_1 at m...> wrote:
> > 
> > JKR confirmed at the Edinburgh Book Festival that Mrs. Figg IS a 
> > squib.  So, I wouldn't think she'd be a viable choice for DADA 
prof.  
> > Also, JKR only confirmed that there would be a female DADA prof, 
she 
> > didn't say when.  (I know this was already stated, I'm just 
> > agreeing.)  That info came from the AOL online chat on October 
> > 19, '00.  
> >  though the other rumors I heard were based in 
> > fact--the evil Weasley cousin Icicle who may still happen, .
> > 
> > Kelley
> 
> How can Mrs. Figg  be a squib if she is also Arabella Figg?  How is 
it 
> possible that a squib would be part of the "old crowd"?.  I don't 
get 
> it.
> 
> JKR also said on an online chat that there is no such character as 
> Icicle and seemed annoyed at the rumors.
> 

I was in an online chat at Scholastic where JKR confirmed that the 
Mrs. Figg of PS/SS was Arabella Figg.  This was in the fall of last 
year, right around the time that JKR had the interview on the Today 
Show.  She might be a Squib.  Does anyone else remember that there
was also some talk--I'm not sure about this-- that there would be a 
character in the books who got magic later in Life?  Could this have 
been our Mrs. Figg?

Haggridd