Who is Crookshanks?

[Nicole L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 59907

> Absotively posilutely!  I *knew* when we met
> Crookshanks there was 
> something animagical about him.  McGonagall is after
> all a feline 
> animagus -- I wonder if she has a code name when
> she's catting around 
> (LOL).  I started wondering if Crooksy could even be
> Lily, caught in 
> animal form somehow, but the priori incantatum scene
> in GoF blew that 
> out of the water.  So now I'm thinking he is a
> Weasley, based on the 
> red hair.  Or maybe Mrs. Figg, whose fondness for
> cats is well known -
> -  maybe while HP is at school she doesn't have to
> hang out in Muggle 
> land.  I believe he is part of Dumbledore's way of
> keeping an eye on 
> the trio without them being aware of it. 
> 
> "Waters Law"

*Nicole emerges from a long hibernation in lurker
land, rubbing her eyes and staring at the brilliant
landscape around her.*

I could not resist replying to this post because there
were many fascinating discussions about Crookshanks in
this group in the past.  I highly suggest browing the
archives for them.  I am of the opinion that there
will not be any more surprise animagi in HP because
it's been done so much that doing it once more would
cause it to be done to death.  And, at any rate, I
don't think that Crookshanks could possibly be one
anyway.  A fan theorized that Crookshanks is part
kneazle, which was confirmed by JKR.  Unfortunately, I
don't remember where the link to this is, but maybe
someone else out there does?  For those of you who
don't have "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them",
go buy a copy!  Anyway, in the description of
kneazles, it is noted that they are "intelligent,
independent, and occassionally agressive..."  It goes
on to say that the kneazle "has an uncanny ability to
detect unsavoury or suspicious characters" and that it
"can be relied upon to guide its owner safely home if
they are lost."  (Pg. 24, FBAWTFT)

In other words, sorry, but the animagus theory seems
to be out.  However, there are a whole lot of
interesting theories that can and have been proposed
about just what significance Crookshanks'
part-kneazleness will have in future books.

~Nicole, who's been away for a LONG time but is
currently reading HP in French and so hasn't
completely fallen off the wagon.

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      "You haven't got a letter on yours," George observed.  
        "I suppose she thinks you don't forget your name.  
  But we're not stupid--we know we're called Gred and Forge." 

      Chapter 12, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
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