Crookshanks and spoiler for FBWTFT

[dir.crl at attcanada.ca]

No: HPFGUIDX 14310

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., indigo at i... wrote:
> --- 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

This is exactly what I believed until I read Fantastic Beasts....
I'm pretty sure this has been mentionned before, but it bears 
repeating on this thread.
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Crookshanks is most likely part Kneazle, which are described as 
a "cat-like creature with....a tail like a lion's" (which could also 
look like a bottle brush.) It is also described as "occasionally 
agressive"-jumping on Ron's head seems to cover that- and it "has an 
uncanny ability to detect unsavoury or suspicious characters".  This 
isn't quite as interesting as Crooksanks being an animagi, but it 
seems to fit.
~Divy