Crookshanks and Mundungus

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 125556


> Adesa wrote:
> 
> Now I'm sure this has probably been discussed here before, so 
forgive 
> me for misssing it in the archives. But JKR has always been *very* 
> careful about her word choice. The similarities of Crookshanks' and 
> Dung's descriptions can't be coincidental, can they? What does this 
> mean?
 
> Jina adds:
 
> I also noticed some similarities too. Although at first I thought 
that Crookshanks was and animagus (that would be he could be 
Mundungus) but they JK said that Crookshanks was not an animagus, but 
it is all very interesting....the selection of JK's wording.

Now Ginger (no relation to Crookshanks or Dung):

There have been questions about whether or not the two were the same, 
but they were together in #12 Grimmauld in OoP.  (This is not an 
original thought on my part.  I believe the first person to post that 
was "Jenny" jspolita in message #63961 on 23 June, 2003.  But I could 
be wrong.)  So that lets out the animagus theory.

On to their similarities:  They both have ginger hair and are bandy-
legged.  It is odd that JKR uses an unusual expression like "bandy-
legged" twice, and both times in connection with ginger hair.  I have 
to admit I have no clue what the connection is.  

Crookshanks is part-Kneazle (per JKR) and Mrs Figg breeds them.  Dung 
and Mrs Figg seem to know each other beyond guarding Harry.  That is 
an assumption on my part, but I just can't see beaning someone with a 
bag of cat food unless you've been more than just formally introduced.

The only thing that could lead to is that Dung is Crookshanks' 
father, and that's just too odd.

Ginger, who was looking through old posts and found one that said "I 
can't wait for book 4 so all our questions will be answered."