Crookshanks

[indigo at indigosky.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 14304

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., fgcjnk at b... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:
> > 
> > Has anyone covered this yet? Can Crookshanks be an animagi like 
> Scabbers? What about Pigwidgeon? (I mean, he was sent to Harry by 
> Sirius) Or even Hedwig?
> > 
> In GoF when Lupin describes watching the marauders map and seeing 
> Peter Pettigrew, the description of what he sees kind of implies
> that Crookshanks does not show up on the map, whereas Peter and 
> Sirius(the animagi) do.  Seems from this that animagi would show 
> up, but beasts wouldn't.
> 
> Interestingly, when Harry is first given the map he does see Mrs 
> Norris on it.  Does this imply something about Mrs Norris, or is it 
a 
> inconsistancy, or did Lupin see Crookshanks on the map, but not 
> mention it knowing he was just a pet.
> 
> 
> Is there anything in the archives on this - I've looked through 
> some,  but... well they're big.
> 
> Florence


Some ideas:

To see an ordinary animal on the Marauders' Map, you have to be 
actively concentrating on it. Harry knows what a thorn in the side 
Mrs. Norris is, so he was concerned about her location -- therefore 
the map showed him where she is.

Lupin, being a werewolf, probably gave off an aura of "I am a big 
scary predator and will eat you!"  to anything like a housecat, so he 
got to thinking of them as inconsequential to his plans, no obstacle 
to himself; so they never showed up on the map for him. 

Crookshanks was not really a concern to anyone save Ron -- and now we 
know why Crookshanks was after 'Scabbers'.  But on the other hand, 
Crookshanks seemed to be a feline sneakoscope, because he knew 
Scabbers was not all he seemed.  Crookshanks also knew where the knot 
to turn off the Whomping Willow was, and how to activate it. That 
doesn't seem very "ordinary cat" to me.

Hopefully that will all be answered soon.  I plan to reread PA after 
this weekend. I'm rereading SS/PS now, as backwork for a crossover HP 
fic I'm working on. 

Indigo