Mrs. Figg and JKR's Comments (was Re: Mrs. Figg....rumors)

[rja.carnegie at excite.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20162

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Schlobin at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Florence" <fgcjnk at b...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at y..., joym999 at a... wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Actually, JKR did NOT confirm that Mrs. Figg and Arabella Figg 
> are 
> > > one and the same, IMHO.  The transcript of the Scholastic chat 
> from 
> > > last Oct. 16 goes like this:
> > > 
> > 
> > She did confirm it in unambiquous terms in either the Blue Peter 
> > interview or the red nose day chat (script still not on web site) 
> > though.
> > 
> > Florence
> 
> I'm hoping that Arabella Figg (Mrs. Figg) is NOT a squib since I hope
> she will be the next DADA professor (although I keep flashing on the 
> security chief in Star Trek TNG for some reason)

Tasha Yar?  No, no, she had a thing for DATA ;-)

(If you meant that to be obviously what you meant, I'm sorry,
but it wasn't.  Or is it just me?)

Robert Carnegie
Meretricious!