Flitwick part-human?! Was Shrieking Shack . . .

[bluesqueak]

No: HPFGUIDX 68535

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "joanne0012" <Joanne0012 at a...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mkaliz" <kai_z at o...> wrote:
> > Given how willing Dumbledore seems to be regarding the hiring of
> > part-humans (Hagrid, Flitwick, Firenze), 
> 
> What?  Have I missed something?  I knew Flitwick was tiny but has  
> there ever been any explanation for this in the canon?

No.

The two most common explanations on this list are a) he got in the 
way of an unreversible shrinking spell, and everyone is too polite 
to mention it or b) he's part goblin/house elf.

Somehow, we hardly ever hear c) he's naturally small. This is 
probably because it's a boring possibility. ;-)

Arguing from the movie is uncanonical, but Warwick Davis, who plays 
Flitwick, also played the Goblin at Gringotts in the first MTMNBM - 
so most bets are on Flitwick being part Goblin. 

However, OOP suggests that if he is, no-one in the Ministry knows 
about it. Umbridge, who hates part-humans, doesn't single him out 
for any special displeasure.

Pip!Squeak