Cats (was Re: COS clues)

[sevenhundredandthirteen]

No: HPFGUIDX 83070


Granny wrote:
> [Crookshanks] is described as bandy legged and ginger colored, and 
>Ron notes the strange shape of his face.  In Book 4, there is a 
>similar description of Mundungus--bandy legged and having reddish 
>hair, and a description of his strange features. 

I (Laursaia) reply:

Actually we meet Mundungus in Book 5 and there's a scene in Book 5 
when both Dung and Crookshanks are in the same scene together. It's 
at the start when Harry arrives at Grimmauld Place in. (Unless Dung 
went back in Time just to appear in one scene with himself in cat 
form.) So, perhaps the similarity in their appearance is not to 
suggest that they are the same person. But, even if they're not the 
same person, they're still uncannily alike.
 
Joj writes:

> In COS we have Hermione turning into a cat.  Why?  There was no 
>need to do this and really didn't serve a purpose.  Hermione could 
>have gone with the boys to see Draco, and nothing would have 
>changed, or she could have planned all along to just have the boys 
>go. I think this might be one of the important COS clues.  Remember 
>Steven Kloves said in the COS DVD that he wanted to leave something 
>out and JKR said he had to leave it in.  It certainly could have 
>been left out easilyand not changed a thing.

I (Laurasia) reply:

That's an intersting point! And, remember in OotP when Harry is 
taking the Occumency lessons and one of the visions he has is of 
Hermione covered in fur, when she was turned into a cat? I thought 
that was extremely bizzare- mostly because we never saw Harry have a 
vision of Hermione petrified. I would assume that Harry was much more 
distraught when Hermione nearly *died* rather than when the Polyjuice 
Potion backfired. So, why bring up the fact that Hermione turned into 
a cat in OotP? Unless it's significant...

There's something weird going on with people and their cats for 
sure... Also- note the seemingly large amount of cats with names 
starting with 'Mr' or Mrs.' Mrs Norris, Mr Tibbles, Mr Prentice (Figg 
mentions him at the start of OotP, there's no actual proof he's a 
cat, but seeing as she doesn't mind him seeing Harry with his wand 
out, he couldn't be a Muggle- so I'm just assuming he's a cat). Are 
they really people who have been unrepairably tranfigured into cat 
form? Any ideas?

~<(Laurasia)>~