Mrs. Figg (Was: Dursleys)

[Wink45zes at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 146257

Kemper  writes:
What I don't like about Mrs. Figg being the one to show Magic late in life
is that I think it would take something away from the power of her
character.  Yes, I'm sure JKR will make the Magic look cool and damn near
all will cheer when they read it, but I think Figg is powerful without being
Magic and I will be slightly disappointed.  It's part of her intrigue: a
member of the Order and the first line of Defense for Harry throughout his
time with the Dursleys.
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Wink45:
I agree. I rather admire Mrs. Figg.  She has accepted her lack of magical 
abilities and has made a life for herself that serves both the wizarding and 
mundane worlds.  Filch has never accepted being a Squib, and there is something to 
be said for never giving  up hope.  He may be insanely jealous of the 
students' abilities, and derive his only pleasures from what scraps of power he has 
over then, but I do think that he loves Hogwarts, and I can imagine him coming 
*magically* to its defense.

Wink45


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