interesting thought re: Mrs. Figg

[cimorene21 at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 24928

Do we know that all polyjuice potion smells of overcooked cabbage, 
though?  The different potions-- with the essence of different 
people-- aren't the same color.  Did everyone smell the cabbage, or 
was it just Harry?  *goes for to check CoS*

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Bethany <empress_dai_gin_kali at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- Steve Vander Ark <vderark at b...> 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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