Professor Norris?

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 36263

Tabouli wrote (re FLIRTIAC):

>Perhaps she's really a witch, a talented Auror from the Department 
>of Magical Law Enforcement, who was forced into an abusive marriage 
>to the evil Mr Norris by her parents who refused to let her marry a 
>Squib!  Then we have the usual scene where Mr Norris catches her 
>with Filch, turns her into a cat with a curse that can only be 
>undone by Filch (ooohoo, nasty), and Filch snatches up his furry 
>beloved and seeks sanctuary with Dumbledore.  For years he pleads 
>with Dumbledore, who alone of all wizards has the power to undo the 
>curse, but to no avail: as a witch who betrayed a secret Death-
>Eater, says Albus, she is safer as a cat.

Mmmmm.   Welllll.  Hmmmmm.  I'm kinda having some trouble here.  If 
Mrs. Norris is a witch involuntarily imprisoned in a cat's body, why 
would Dumbledore allow this to continue?  Hogwarts is the safest 
place to be with a Dark Wizard like Voldemort running around, after 
all.  Dumbledore could rescue Mrs. Norris by breaking the dastardly 
cat-spell, and allow her to live, uh, right there in Filch's 
quarters at Hogwarts.  She'd still be perfectly safe.

Also, one would think that once Voldemort was defeated by Harry, 
Dumbledore would break the spell then, as there was no risk to Mrs. 
Norris.

Eh, maybe we can tweak FLIRTIAC a bit.  What if Mrs. Norris is a 
really, really old witch?  Say she's pushing 200.  Filch is only 
about 60, but he has a *major* thing for older women.  He falls hard 
for Mrs. Norris, finding he can appreciate taking life at, uh, her 
rather slow pace.  

Then Filch's own family decides she's not good enough for him, and 
they turn her into a cat in an effort to make him forget her.  Filch 
isn't magical enough to break the spell, of course.  Filch pleads 
with Dumbledore to break the spell, but he won't because 
transforming Mrs. Norris back into a witch will mean she has 
precious little time to live.  Filch, grief-stricken, decides he'd 
rather have Mrs. Norris alive as a cat rather than dead as a witch.  

Are you with me, Tabouli?

Cindy (who has a funny feeling that Tabouli is not going to go for 
this tweak)