Pondering Arabella Figg

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 56653

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, scaryscarlet at a... wrote:
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> she is young Mr Potter's Secret Keeper ...
> ... Now, ...'who is Arabella?' ... Harry's Godmother? 
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> Anyhoo - I'd love to hear what other think about the possibility of
> Arabella Figg being Harry's Godmother & if not her ... just who is?
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> Ta,
> Samantha


bboy_mn:

Well, others have already pointed out that she probably isn't a Secret
Keeper because Harry and his location aren't a secret, but she could
be some magical guardian (someone already pointed that out too). 

If she is polyjuicing, why would she transform into a completely
different person when who she is is already know in the magical
community. That is, if she is not the person that is known in the
wizard world as Mrs. Figg then who is she? Why would this mystery
person take on the looks and persona of a real person instead of
making up a fake person. If she is young, then she would probably use
an aging potion or if she simple wanted to look different, then
tranfiguration instead of polyjuice. 

So personally, I don't believe in the fair young maiden transformed
into the mad old lady, regardless of what method is used. As far as
I'm concerned Harry saw her as a Mad Old Lady because she was a witch,
and that made her seem very eccentric to Harry. So instead of a mad
old lady, she is now a mad old witch.

Why do the Dursleys let her babysit instead of a local teenage girl
(or boy; let's not be sexist)? Because the Dursely would care very
much what the neighbors teenage daughter might find out about Harry,
and the strange things that happen when he is around. On the other
hand, there is an eccentric mad old lady two streets away, and no one
cares what a mad old lady thinks.

So who is she? Well it's only a theory and a far fetched one at that,
but why couldn't she be Sirius Black's maternal grandmother (or great
aunt or whatever). That fills all the requirements that people seem to
be struggling to create. It give her a personal stake in and concern
for Harry's life. She's like family but doesn't actually qualify as
family.

Here's what I see... It's a hot summer day, and Petunia gets a phone
call; mad old Mrs. Figg needs Harry's help in the garden (lawn and/or
flower and/or vegetable garden). Being the polite boy that he is,
Harry reluctantly goes. He walks into her house expecting cold weak
tea, stale old cake, and hours of cat pictures, but what does he find?
He finds Sirius and Remus waiting for him, and discovers that Mrs.
Figg is really a witch. SUPRISE!!!

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

bboy_mn