Mrs. Weasley...Sabre-toothed tiger??/Animagi

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 25071

Mary said:

<<  Last night I was reading the begginning of CoS which I havnt read nearly
as much as the others, and something struck me which I remember thinking was
odd first time I read it but at that time didnt
know what it meant... it says "Mrs Weasley was marching accross the yard,
scattering chickens, and for a short, plump, kind-faced woman, it was
remarkable how much she looked like a sbre-toothed tiger." (CoS chap2) Then
it hit me, Is she an animagus? >>

Hmmm.  I think that, in this case, the comparison of short, plump Molly with
a sabre-toothed tiger was intended as a comic contrast.  She is portrayed as
a loving, "kind-faced" mother of seven children (and one husband), but with
a ferocious streak that keeps them all in check.  It seems a bit obvious to
be a hint at an animagus, but then Rita Skeeter was a bit obvious, in
retrospect.

If Molly does turn out to be an animagus, she would join a growing throng of
registered, unregistered, potential, proposed and wishful animagi populating
this story, and I would have to declare the official register of animagi to
be the laughing stock of the wizarding world.  In any case, it would seem
that the MoM can only spot animagi that are prepared to do their party piece
in front of a large audience, wearing a big flashing sign on their head
saying: "Look at me - I'm turning into an animal of some sort!"

On a related point, as Harry and the others in his year move onto more
advanced Transfiguration classes, the chances are, IMO, that at least one
character will attempt to become an Animagus, and that we will get to
witness the process, the evolution to another form.  I find it hard to
believe that Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs are the only Hogwarts' pupils to
have attempted it while still at the school.  Perhaps Harry will follow in
James' hoofprints, or Hermione in McGonagall's pawprints?  Maybe Percy is
already doing night shifts as an owl?

Neil
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