[HPforGrownups] Wizard morals, was Re: werewolf joke!!

[Suzanne Chiles]

No: HPFGUIDX 96275

Order of the Phoenix, American Edition, p. 20, Chapter 2, A Peck of Owls

'The revelation that his batty old cat-obsessed neighbor knew what dementors
were was almost as big a shock to Harry as meeting two of them down the
alleyway. "You're--you're a witch?"

"I'm a squib ..." '

...Mrs. Figg replies.

Suzanne

> -----Original Message-----
> From: daled7350 [mailto:daled73 at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 5:04 PM
> To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [HPforGrownups] Wizard morals, was Re: werewolf joke!!
>
>
> AmanitaMuscaria wrote:
> > Just another stray thougth came wending its
> > way into my brain - if the method of testing
> > a child for magic powers is to put it into mortal
> > danger, I wonder how Squibs survive at all?
> > Awwww - someone loved Filch ... and Mrs. Figg
> > (apart from Mr. Figg, that is).
>
>
> Not that I am a canon expert, I don't recall anywhere in the canon
> where it is stated that Mrs. Figg is a Squib. And I know for a fact
> that in innumerable fan fics she isn't portrayed as such, while Filch
> NEVER suddenly acquires magical powers in fanfic no matter HOW poorly
> the author adheres to the canon.
>
> And the fact that DD has arranged to have her living in Harry's
> neignborhood (it wouldn't be 'one of THEM coincidences' would it?)
> would argue that there's more to the old lady "than meets the eye",
> as a wizard named Gandalf once said of a couple of hobbits!
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Dale