Arabella Figg & cabbage

[lavaluvn <gansecki@hawaii.edu>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49878


bboy_mn:
> 
> Who thinks Mrs. Figg is just a nice old lady, and believes that she 
is more likely to be Sirius's maternal grandmother or great aunt than 
she is to be a beautiful young woman who spent 13 years as an old lady
> just so she could babysite Harry 2 or 3 times a year. 
> 
> And who do you speculate this beautiful young woman might be????
> ...Lilly? Lilly and Petunia's other sister? Lilly's sister via here
> other father? Dumbledore's daughter? ...Snapes daughter or girl
> friend. Mrs. Norris during the week, beautiful old poly-juice maden 
on
> weekends? I see no logical purpose for her to be anything other than
> the story has indicated so far. 

Me:

Ah, the answer lies in someone's posting from last week (sorry, don't 
remember who!) lamenting that we have all these thirty-something 
available (if somewhat tortured or twisted) bachelors  - Sirius, 
Lupin, Snape - and not a single thirty- or even twenty-something 
female for future matchmaking.  Very bothersome to many readers!  It 
certainly seems that any one of them could do with some female 
companionship.  Thus, lovely ex-school chum Arabella Figg in disguise 
becomes the only romantic ray of hope.  Not that it seems in the 
least bit likely to me.  No doubt crotchety old Mrs. Figg will show 
up to teach DADA with cats in tow and insist that all the students 
put doilies on their desks.

At least we'll find out in six months!

-Cheryl 
longtime lurker; also doing the happy dance tonight