Mrs. Figg (Was: Dursleys)

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No: HPFGUIDX 146272

orna wrote: <SNIP>
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." 


CH3ed:
I doubt that. If Figgy could do magic why didn't she help Harry when 
she saw that his first attempt at the patronus charm in the alley 
didn't work? And why didn't she help Harry carry Dudley home by 
magic to save time, or have to wait for Dung to get him to get the 
news to DD? Considering that Harry had just been attacked by 
dementors I don't think keeping a cover as a non-wizard was as 
important as getting Harry safe in his safe-house ASAP. Also JKR 
wrote on her site that neither Filch nor Figgs can perform magic.


Orna wrote: <SNIP>
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. 


CH3ed:
Considering how hostile Fudge was and how much he wanted to find 
faults with Harry and co, I think it is more likely that he did 
check and found Figgy to be the squib she said she is.


Orna wrote: <SNIP>
"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."


CH3ed:
Actually, Figgy didn't see the dementors, but I believe she felt 
them... and she saw what Harry did to repel them. Her demeanor 
changed from when she was telling what dementors looked like (not 
confident) to when she told of how they affected her (very 
convincing and affected).

JKR made it clear on her website about Figgy's inability to see the 
dementors.

"Filch has carved himself a niche at Hogwarts and Arabella Figg  
operates as Dumbledore's liaison between the magical and Muggle 
worlds. Neither of these characters can perform magic (Filch's 
Kwikspell course never worked), but they still function within the 
wizarding world because they have access to certain magical objects 
and creatures that can help them (Arabella Figg does a roaring trade 
in cross-bred cats and Kneazles, and if you don`t know what a 
Kneazle is yet, shame on you). Incidentally, Arabella Figg never saw 
the Dementors that attacked Harry and Dudley, but she had enough 
magical knowledge to identify correctly the sensations they created 
in the alleyway."  
(http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=19) 
:O)

CH3ed is off to iron his hands and won't have any ice-cream tonight 
for submitting his 4th post of the day. Sorry, Alika Elf.  :O)