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

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 87182

Eric Oppen, with more sympathy than I'll ever have, said:

>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._

Yes, but that's not because he's a Squib, it's because he's Filch.  After 
all, Mrs. Figg is also a Squib and clearly was married and relatively 
well-adjusted.

I, personally, cannot see why Dumbledore keeps Filch around at all.  The 
house-elves could do his job.  He has no magic.  He's detested not only by 
the students, but by the Hogwarts ghosts.  And he has all Snape's 
personality flaws without Snape's brains or ability.

Perhaps Filch (or Mrs. Norris) is another person who has to stay at Hogwarts 
in order to be safe from Voldemort.


Janet Anderson

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