[HPforGrownups] Re: Mrs Figg

[Herald Talia]

No: HPFGUIDX 24486

There's fantasy literature where the cat has the magic of the person, the
non talented person who is actually so talented that he unconsciously
transfers his magic to a harmless form lest he harm someone. There's also
all those fables where the wizard's heart and source of magical power is
in a creature and to defeat the wizard, you defeat the creature. Or
there's a magical parasite idea, where the cat is actually stealing the
wizard's power. Any of these would work, they've all been done, though. I
wonder where JKR is taking this - she always has her own unique spin on
typical things in the literature. 
Robyn

On Sun, 19 Aug 2001 09:18:28 -0400 "Kelly Shiflet" <birdy739 at hotmail.com>
writes:
> >Certainly makes her an interesting character, though, doesn't it.
> >Squib, living for years among Muggles to protect Harry...so what's 
> up
> >with the cats then?
> >
> >Steve Vander Ark
> Actually, I think that's a good question.... Simply because, well, 
> Filch has 
> a cat; Mrs.Norris. And those two are practically joined at the hip, 
> and they 
> seem to understand each other. So, I guess the question is: What is 
> with 
> Squibs and their cats?
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> >From: "Steve Vander Ark" <vderark at bccs.org>
> >Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
> >To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Mrs Figg
> >Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 06:57:47 -0000
> >
> >--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)"
> ><catlady at w...> wrote:
> > > I found it! Post 1429 from Thu Sep 14, 2000, from Blaise:
> > >
> > > On another egroup that I belong to (hpslash), someone who was at
> >the
> > > Edinburgh Book Festival posted a message about some of the 
> things
> >JKR
> > > said about the books, and I thought you might be rather
> >interested...
> >
> >Unfortunately, this is second hand and therefore I can't consider 
> it
> >to be canon for Lexicon purposes. I know that sounds harsh, but 
> there
> >are an awful lot of things flying around that someone said JKR 
> said.
> >This one sounds fairly reliable, but I wouldn't dare put it on the
> >Arabella Figg page.
> >
> >Anyone have a transcript of that speech/interview?
> >
> 
> >The Harry Potter Lexicon
> >http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon
> >
> 
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