Mrs. Figg, Fleur, Female DADA prof., return of Moody?, rumor?

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 16964

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> 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.<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Can't say, though I suppose magic is not necessatily a prerequisite 
for being part of the 'old crowd'.  And, really, we don't know too 
much about the 'old crowd' at this point, do we?

> Jenny:
> JKR also said on an online chat that there is no such character as 
> Icicle and seemed annoyed at the rumors. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Do you recall any of the specifics about the when and where of this 
chat?  That sort of sounds familiar, but at the same time, I'm 
thinking of some remarks she made (in interviews?  Can anyone help 
jog my memory?) regarding the character of Rita.  IIRC, JKR said Rita 
was always going to be there, but there was a Weasley cousin who was 
going to fulfill the need for getting info outside HW, and for some 
reason this character left a plot hole or something, and JKR just 
ended up increasing the Rita character.  Further, I thought she was 
asked about the Weasley cousin, and replied that she'd rather not say 
any more, as she may still bring that character in...  Can anyone 
confirm any of this?

> Jenny:
> BTW, I still can't imagine Fleur being the DADA professor.  She 
scored quite poorly in the Triwizard Tournament and cheated as much 
as the others, to boot.  That doesn't make me trust her to educate 
our beloved Hogwarts students in DADA.  I do think she and Bill will 
have a thing, though - she sure was checking him out before the third 
task! <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

I'm completely with you about why Fleur won't ever be DADA.  And, I 
would love to see that bit about Fleur giving Bill the eye followed 
up!

Kelley