Mrs Figg (Was: Wizard morals)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 96841

Dale wrote:
<<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!>>

Suzanne Chiles supplied the canon:
> 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 ..." '

Carol adds:
Mrs. Figg's status as Squib plays an important role early in OoP. We
discover that she's been able to watch Harry covertly all these years
specifically she was *not* a witch and therefore was completely
unknown to both the MoM and Voldemort, yet as a Squib (and a member of
the Order) she was in contact with Dumbledore. I think she's *already*
shown that there's "more to her than meets the eye," and I wouldn't be
at all surprised if she's the one who "performs magic late in life
under desperate circumstances" 9to quote from memory). In fact, I'm
betting on it.

Carol