[HPforGrownups] Pondering Arabella Figg

[Pat and Jim Gruenke]

No: HPFGUIDX 56598

scaryscarlet (Samantha) wrote:


> I also lean
> towards believing she is young Mr Potter's Secret Keeper while he is with the
> Dursleys.
>
My two knuts:

I don't know about Secret Keeper, but I think she is his magical
guardian.  Perhaps she's even related to him on the Potter side.  Part
of the "ancient magic" that protects him while he's with his relatives?
He would be protected at her house, too.  And is Harry protected while
he's at school because Dudley is there???  How ironic would THAT be!
Why did the Dursleys trust Mrs. Figg, and no one else, to watch Harry?
This is something that's puzzled me for a long time.  Surely they could
have hired a local teen-ager to watch Harry when they went to the zoo.


>  We have a Best Friend/Best Man/Godfather in Sirius
> Black is it possible Mrs Figg could be the female counterpart? Surely Lily
> had a best friend at Hogwarts, surely she has a Maid of Honor, surely Harry
> has a Godmother?
>
Me again--

Something else that's bothered me for a long time!  Why is Harry more
obsessed with his father than his mother?  Rather Star Wars-ish
there...  I'm thinking we can rule out Petunia as godmother or maid of
honor!!!  Question for the Brits on the board-- would it be unusual for
a child to have only one godparent?  Two is the norm here in the US.


> My girlfriends & I have a bi-monthy Harry Poker Night where
> seemingly sane grown women w/graduate degrees justify discussing a children's
> book at great length by the presence of playing cards & margaritas.
>

Can I come, too???  I'm really bad at poker... ;-)  My husband just
"doesn't get" my obsession with these books.  Of course, I don't get his
obsession with wilderness camping either...  Welcome to the board!  It's
a lot of fun.

Pat



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