Arabella Figg & cabbage

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49902

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, snapesrighthand <stormlass at y...>
wrote:
> bboy_mn:
> > 
> > Who thinks Mrs. Figg is just a nice old lady, ...
> > 
> > And who do you speculate this beautiful young woman might
> > be???? ... I see no logical purpose for her to be anything 
> > other than the story has indicated so far. 
> > -end this part-
> 
> I actually have an unusual theory.  I think Mrs. Figg is Hedwig.
>  ... If Mrs. Figg is Hedwig and also a protector ... .  
> I think when Sirius said he would be seeing Harry soon he
> ment it.  He is going to be at Mrs. Figgs house! 
> ...edited...  The cabbage smell of her house I relate
> to polyjuice so... she "has" to be somone!
> Alex

bboy_mn:

Well, you know my position on the poly-juice; I just don't buy it.
BUT, I LOVE!!! the idea that Harry will go over to Mrs. Figgs and find
Sirius and Remus. THAT IS why Harry is laying in the flower bed at the
beginning of OotP. He was called over to her house, went reluctantly
(dreading the smell of cabbage and cat) wondering what she wanted. As
he walked up to the house, the door opened and there to greet him are
Sirius and Remus. Harry faints dead away and fall into Mrs. Figgs
flowerbed. Hey, it could happen.

As far as Hedwig, that is a stretch in my mind. Hedwig isn't seen a
lot in the story, but she is always available in the owlery when Harry
needs her. These 'needs' are usually very random and unpredictable, so
it's not like Mrs. Figg at home, who could get a lot of breaks from
the poly-juice and the muggles. The only thing worse that being
poly-juiced for 13 years, is to now have to spend you life as an owl
flying halfway around the world to deliver letters. 

Another point is at school Hedwig isn't with Harry vary much, and at
home, Hedwig has been known to fly away for days at a time (presumably
hunting). So, Hedwig doesn't seem like a very good protector. Scabbers
would have made a much better protector, if he hadn't turn out to be
such a RAT.

I think there could be something very special about Hedwig, I just
can't picture it being that extreme.

But then, that's just my opinion.

bboy_mn