[HPforGrownups] Availing Little / Mrs. Norris & Other Cats (Was Re: What side is Filch on?)

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 170171


> > Karen:
>
> > > > Is Filch who we think he is?
>
> > > Goddlefrood:
>
> > > If he's LV's agent, what's he going to do? Snarl people into
> > > submission, perhaps?
>
> > Karen:
>
> > funny but he does work at Hogwarts and has access to a lot of
> > information.
>
> Goddlefrood:
>
> He is who we think he is, IMO. He may have access to certain
> records at Hogwarts, but as they probably mostly pertain to
> detentions overe the years and confiscated contraband, not
> forgetting the QuickSpell course book, there's unlikely to
> be all that much value in Filch being other than the miserable,
> bitter and jealous squib he is.
>
> Mrs. Norris is a different matter altogether, is she a cat
> who has more to her than meets the eye, as JKR once noted
> in an interview that the cats in the series do?
>
> I tend to be less funny when at work, as I now am, and was not
> entirely joking when I queried the initial question.
>
> Goddlefrood


Shelley:
Filch is a person like Bertha Jorkins- she would be useful to torture to see
what she knows, and that's about it. Filch would know all the secret
passageways and probably some of the protections put on the castle. His
knowledge is only specific and relevant to Hogwarts, should someone want to
invade it. Other than that, he's not of much use to anyone.

I have thought for a long time that Mrs. Norris must be a Kneasle, much like
Hermione's Crookshanks. I also would be willing to bet that she was breed by
Arabella Figg- Harry's odd neighbor when he's at the Dursleys.

Shelley