[HPforGrownups] Re: Squibs (was: Is Trelawney a witch?)

[IggyMcSnurd]

No: HPFGUIDX 87161

>--Eric
>Actually, I can really feel for poor Mr. Filch---he's probably unable
to
>function in the Muggle world, and he's trapped in a magical world where
even
>little kids can do all sorts of things he can never do.  In his place,
doing
>his job, trying to keep that castle clean despite those hordes of
unruly,
>disrespectful over-priviliged ungrateful brats, I'd be pretty bitter
myself,
>and would long for the day I could physically lash out at them. 
Frankly, I
>bet that at the end of OotP, even with all the chaos, he probably
cracked
>open a bottle of champers in his quarters in celebration of Gred and
Forge
>going off to be thorns in someone _else's_ side.
>
>And he has other reasons to be bitter than just envy---what chance do
any of
>you think he ever had of getting married or even having a girlfriend?
>Probably, effectively _zero._

Iggy here:

This makes me wonder a few things - 

1:  Will Filch be the one who gains magic later in life?

2:  How would he get it?  (Will Dumbledore find a way to unlock it in
him?  Will Voldemort find a way and use it to recruit Filch?  Will we
find out that Kwikspell works?)

3:  How would it change Filch?  (Would he become a nicer guy because he
no longer has a reason to be jealous?  If Voldemort is the source, will
he side with LV?  Will he become meaner to the students?  Will we find
him attending classes with the first year students?)

and, as a side note (and someone else may have brought this up already)
but it popped into my head that Argus is the Titan of a Hundred Eyes
from Greek mythology.  He had the ability to see anything that happened
around him.  Kinda like Filch and Mrs. Norris...


Iggy McSnurd