[HPforGrownups] Re: Red Flags, Red Herrings

[dragonsbloodmoon at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19086

In a message dated 5/21/2001 1:32:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jkusalavagemd at yahoo.com writes:


> Toby, Mrs. Figg has now been explicitly identified in GoF, as 
> Arabella Figg, "one of the old crowd", and confirmed by JKR in an 
> online chat as the babysitter.  She is no longer red flag or red 
> herring.  In all liklihood she is a member of the Order of the 
> Phoenix, function of which to be made explicit in Book V.

I feel really non-observant.   :-)  Thanks for clueing me in. I'll have to 
re-read GoF again.

> 
> The sneakoscope was not by any means comic relief.  It was a red flag 
> during PoA, in that its alarms were always discounted, even though 
> they were true.  I personally feel that its utility now is somewhat 
> less than that of polyjuice potion, which the majority of posters to 
> this message board would rather not see in future books (I still think 
> Snape will use it to become Barty Jr., nyah, nyah!)
> 

I was under the impression that the one that Ron gave Harry was more of a 
"toy" version of the real thing. Am I wrong? I don't remember what I read 
that makes me think this...I'll have to consult PoA again. 

As far as PJP goes, that's an interesting idea. I can't wait to see how that 
all plays out.

Toby


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