Arabella Figg and cabbage

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49834

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "camdenandmo <camdenandmo at e...>"
<camdenandmo at e...> wrote:
>
> ...edited...
> 
> As for the Sirus/Mrs. Figg connection, I find this theory very
> interesting and plausible. It makes me wonder about a few things.
> 
> 1) Sirus visiting Mrs. Figg as well as seeing Harry.  How did Sirus
know where 
> Harry was?  
> ...edited...
> -end this part-

bboy_mn:

Well, the answer to that questions is easy, therefore I submit that
you asked the wrong question. Sirius meet Hagrid at the Potter's
wrecked home. Hargird tells Black that he is under Dumbledore's order
to take Harry to his blood relatives the Dursley's. It's not
establish, but reasonable to assume that since Black was close friends
with the Potters, he knew about the Dursleys and may have even know
where they lived.

Now the question you should have asked. How did he know where to find
Mrs. Figg? Assuming he has one type of relationship with her or
another. If she is a friend or relative, maybe she visited him, or
wrote to him, or fire talked to him in prison, but even those are
pretty weak. Maybe he has trusted friends who never believe in his
guilt that he could go to when he escaped and they told him. But they
would have had to have been pretty close to the situation to be
priviledged to that information. 
-bboy_mn-end this part-


> 
> 2) Sirus is asked to alert the old crowd.  Are we to assume that
Figg and 
> Fletcher know/believe in Sirus innocence now?  It is possible that
Lupin or 
> Dumbledore alerted them, but is it very likely.  ..edited....
> So do they know and believe Sirus to be innocent already, are 
> they as accepting as DD and will believe his story easily, or will 
> their be trouble when he arrives.
> -end this part-

bboy_mn:
I've often wondered that myself. If Sirius and Remus are going to
visit these people then I have to assume that Dumbledore has or will
do something to convince these people that Sirius is innocent. If
Dumbledore tells them that several eye witnesses saw Peter alive, that
may be enough. But obvoiusly, Dumbledore has to do something or these
people are going to FREAK when a werewolf and the most notorious
murderer alive come knocking on their door.
-bboy_mn-end this part-
 
> 3) There has been much speculation on Figg being the new DADA
> teacher. We can assume she would be qualified, as she has been 
> protecting Harry at the Dursley's all of these years against the 
> Dark Arts.  
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bboy_mn:
Yes. We can assume that, but that's all we can do. Personally, that's
what I do believe, but again that's just an assumption.
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> 3) continued-
> We could also assume that this defense has been good enough to 
> either stop attempts by Voldermort ...?
-end this part-

bboy_mn:
Voldemort himself said he could not touch Harry when he was in the
care of his relations. I guess that covers it.
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> 3) continued-
> There is also speculation that their are more wizards in the Privet
> Drive area working with Figg.  Could these be Fletcher and Lupin?  
-end this part-

bboy_mn:
Fletcher is a tough call. The Ministry raided his house, so I'm having
trouble picturing that house in the Privit Drive neighborhood. I
thought the books made a reference to the part of the country that he
lived in, but it's not listed in his profile in the Potter Lexicon.

As for Remus, I think a werewolf would probably want to live in a very
secluded area. Somehow I think werewolves tend to avoid people as much
as people avoid them. It have always been my totally unfounded belief
that when Remus is not out traveling, he is at home living with his
mother and studying. I'm guessing that his mother encouraged him to
use his time productively rather than sit around quaffing ale and
feeling sorry for himself. So she encouraged him to study hard with
his free time, and that is how he gained enought knowledge to become a
professor. But I can't prove a word of it.

So in answer to you quesiton, no, I don't think Fletdher and Lupin
live near Privit Drive, but I can't prove that either.
-boy_mn-end this part-


3) continued-
> What would have convinced DD that Lupin would have been a good DADA
> teacher.  We have no evidence from any of the stories of his past 
> to support a great knowledge of DA.  ...edited...
> -end this part
> 
> Stacie

bboy_mn:
Since Dumbledore was friends with James Potter after they all left
Hogwarts, it's safe to assume he was also friends of Sirius and Remus.
Which would mean he was well aware of their skill as wizards, and
being friends and keeping track of their lives, he was knowledgable of
their skill and accomplishments over their lives. The evidents in the
story that support Dumbledore's knowledge it then, as I have said, the
 fact that they were friends.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn