What's in a name? - Filch

[Tabouli]

No: HPFGUIDX 36310

Reepicheep:
> I seriously doubt (whether Mrs Norris would be) be any 
kind of lover of Filch. I mean, we all know how he is described; can 
you see any sensible girl falling for a guy like him? Also, if we 
think of JKR's use of names, I don't think anybody called Filch (OED: 
to filch - petty stealing) can ever be a likeable character.<

Ah, but no!  We only know how he's described *now*, after years and years of anguish over his feline beloved have turned him cruel and hysterical.  (He's not made of the same strong stuff as Snape, who has emerged from his own traumas still functional.  Then again, perhaps it would be *worse* to know your beloved was stuck in cat form because of you than it would be if she died and you had a sort of closure).  Perhaps as a younger man he was dashing and devoted!

As for the meaning of "Filch" being "petty stealing"... what could be more appropriate?  He filched Mr Norris' wife, resulting into her tragic cat curse, and then *stole* her again and took her to Hogwarts!

It's all in the name, folks...

Tabouli (the talking salad).


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