[HPforGrownups] Mrs. Figg (Was: Dursleys)

[ornadv]

No: HPFGUIDX 146262

>kchuplis:
>I found it most interesting that at the end of GoF when Dumbledore 
>is rallying the troups he includes Mrs. Figg: Page 713: "You are to 
>alert Remus Lupin, Arabella Figg, Mundungus Fletcher - the old 
>crowd." There she is, listed right in with the Order of the Phoenix 
>gang "the old crowd".

>Kemper now:
>I don't think Figgy saw the Dementors. I think she recognized a 
>Dementor attack and recognized Harry's attempted and successful 
>defense against it. Maybe she witnessed one or more in the past. 

Orna:
I agree with kchuplis – it's a suggestive part – because it doesn't 
include everyone by name, and Figgy is mentioned. It seems Figgy is 
quite an equal member in the exquisite club.
Perhaps it's the other way round – Perhaps Figgy is a wizard (it was 
suggested a hiding one – polyjuiced). She is very strongly telling 
Harry she can't do any magic, so perhaps... she can, and quite a 
bit. After all, she must be a good poser to have been looking to 
Harry as an old lady infatuated with cats. When she tells Fudge 
this, he doesn't know anything about this – he says they'll be 
checking it, but I doubt if they did. So we don't really know who 
she is. I propose,   she did see the dementors, but didn't know how 
to appear in the trial as a squib, just like wizards are very poor 
at understand muggles way of thinking. So she tried the best story 
she could think about – I mean she doesn't know how dementors appear 
to squibs or muggles, so she tries to describe them as she has seen 
them in pictures. But when she saw it didn't work – she told the 
feeling they aroused in her- this time sounding much more reliable.
So I don't see her as a candidate for late magic, but for another 
mystery person.  

Orna