squibs and cats

[phoenixmum]

No: HPFGUIDX 65527

Just a comment about the Mr & Mrs usage: I believe it's a British 
convention to name pets in that form. I've seen it in other fiction 
that takes place in Great Britain, fiction that has nothing to do 
with magic.Also, I also notice the unusual intelligence of Mrs Figg's 
cat and wondered if it (like Hernione's) is part Kneazle.

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> > > > > What's up with the squib/cat relationship?
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> > > > > Filch & Mrs. Norris
> > > > > Figg & Mr. Tibbles
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> > > > > Does anyone else find this odd/interesting?
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> > > > Interesting.  Mrs. Figg has lots of other cats, too.  I 
wonder if 
> > > it 
>  And how on earth did Figg manage to 
> > send 
> > > Mr Tibbles off to spy on Harry? More to the point, what sort of 
> > > special cat is Mr Tibbles to understand and obey that command, 
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> > > then alert her when Mundungus Fletcher took off?
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> > Here's another question - why not snowball, fluffy, ginger, 
sooty, or 
> > the 100's of other "normal" cat names... Why "Mr" Tibbles 
and "Mrs" 
> > Norris?
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> Ingenius observations.  I'll add a speculation.  Maybe the cats
> (obviously special magic cats of some kind meriting a certain
> formality of address) are there to protect/help the Squibs; maybe a
> Measure for the Promotion of Squib Welfare?
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> idlerat
> who has considered suing JKR for defamation of rats