The Figg Factor + some thoughts on Remus

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 26149

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:

> I'll risk presenting (once again) my rather obvious theory that 
> Remus has a twin brother (probably evil), called Romulus Lupin, who
> will play a part in future books. 

I still can't believe in parents stupid enough to name their sons 
(whether or not twins) Romulus and Remus. It would be like naming 
them Cain and Abel, an INVITATION to them to kill each other.

(However, I could believe that the Lupins named their first son 
Romulus because he was born in Rome, and the child unfortunately 
died, and they named their next son Remus sort of in memory of him. 
Maybe Romulus died because of the Dark Side. I don't think that 
Voldemort's Death Eaters were active on the continent, but maybe they 
did something foolish like go visit the grandparents in Britain. 
Maybe the parents left Rome because of the sad memories. That would 
explain why a child whom I choose to believe was born in Greece was 
given a Roman name.)

If the parents used that Naming Charm that Pippin hypothesized, that 
gives the child a name which is related to hiser destiny, that the 
parents aren't able to change, then the destiny reflected in the name 
Romulus Lupin, like the one reflected in the name Remus Lupin, is 
they would both be werewolves.

> **The term "sycophant" (snip) in its modern origins the word 
> derives from "informer," arguably because of an association with 
> people who informed on illegal importers of figs. **

Okay, it DERIVES from 'informer' but it MEANS 'flatterer, suck-up'.

Another meaning of 'fig' is an obscene hand gesture, a fist with the 
thumb sticking out between first and second finger, which is the 
meaning used in the phrase 'I don't give a fig for his opinion'. Just 
as the hand gesture known as 'the finger' (or apparently as 'the 
bird') depicts male genitalia, so the 'fig' depicts female genitalia.