ESE!Pigwidgeon?

[Constance Vigilance]

No: HPFGUIDX 122706


I hear everybody going "Huh?" How could such a cute pet be ESE?

I've been suspicious of Pig for a while, and I've collected a set of
reasons why I think we might reconsider Ron's pet. Let's enumerate.

He has a lot in common with Scabbers.

1 - He is Ron's only beloved pet.
2 - He was given to Ron by someone Ron trusts 
	Scabbers: Percy, Pig: Sirius 
3 - He has unknown origins. 
	Where was Scabbers before he got to Percy? 
	Where was Pig before he got to Sirius?
4 - He's sort of incompetent at what he is supposed to do.
	Scabbers mostly sleeps except once when he attacks Goyle.
	Pig is really too small to be a post owl although he puts forth a
good effort.

He doesn't seem really "owlish".

1 - He's really tiny.
2 - He twitters instead of hooting.
3 - He zooms around. Owls are graceful silent flyers.

(Warning - metathinking coming)

He seems to be deliberately written to remind us of a Golden Snitch.

1 - He fits in one hand.
2 - He zooms around, and probably would be hard to catch if he didn't
want to be caught.

Or, could it be the other way around? Could JKR have designed Golden
Snitches and Quidditch itself as a giant setup for a climactic chase
where Harry MUST catch an escaping Pigwidgeon?

>From OneLook.com online dictionary 
"Snitch" noun: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police.
verb: take by theft, give away information about somebody

1 - Snitches carry information, as do post owls.
2 - The owls at Hogwarts spend a lot of time unsupervised in the owlry
or elsewhere. Could Pig be passing information to somebody when nobody
is looking?
3 - In Sirius' letter where we first meet Pig, Sirius says that this
was the only owl available. Why? There is usually an abundance of owls
around when you need one. Why a sudden shortage so that ONLY this one
could do the job? And why was he so eager? 

In short, I think we need to keep our eyes on ubercute Pigwidgeon. He
could be a real snitch.

~Constance Vigilance, whose heart would be broken if proved correct,
but here is the evidence anyway