[HPforGrownups] interesting thought re: Mrs. Figg

[Bethany]

No: HPFGUIDX 24926


--- Steve Vander Ark <vderark at bccs.org> wrote:
> Someone emailed this little tidbit to me about
> Arabella Figg. I have 
> to admit that I never made this connection. What do
> you all think of 
> it?
> 
> "Also, isn't it peculiar that the smell of her house
> is 
> described as cabbage? And in the CS the finished
> Polyjuice 
> potion smells like overcooked cabbage. Could
> Arabella 
> really be someone else in disguise?"
> 
> What an interesting observation!
> 
> Steve Vander Ark
> The Harry Potter Lexicon
> http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon
> 
A thought occured to me after reading this. We know
that JKR said that Arabella Figg is a squib, however,
maybe the woman we know of as Arabella Figg is
actually an imposter. Perhaps the *real* Mrs. Figg is
a squib who happened to live in the same neighborhood
as the Dursleys. Dumbledore knew this, and when he
placed Harry there, he switched the real Arabella with
one who could offer Harry the protection he needed.
That would seem to explain why the polyjuice potion
and her house seem to have cooked cabbage in common.
As to needing  "a bit" of the person, maybe the real
Arabella is alive and well and supplying the imposter
with hair trimmings to ensure a ready supply of the
potion? 

Regardless, as Hermione would say, "Well spotted" for
noticing the cabbage connection! :)
~Bethany

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