question about crookshanks

[Jerri&Dan Chase]

No: HPFGUIDX 185801


>Carol, who wonders if Sirius Black would have been a little less
>lonely and depressed if Hermione had left Crookshanks with him
>in 12 GP

I feel that it might well have helped, which is why JKR couldn't allow it to 
happen!

I certainly expected Crookshanks to play a more important role in the final 
books, rather than just disappearing.  (At least he didn't suffer the fate 
of poor Hedwig!)  Once I learned from Fantastic Beasts and JKR's interviews 
and/or web site that Crookshanks, like Mrs. Figg's cats was part Kneazle and 
that Kneazle's had all the wonderful attributes described in FB, I felt sure 
that Crookshanks could be of substantial assistance at some point.  Instead, 
his high point seems to have been in PoA.  The "uncanny ability to detect 
unsavoury or suspicious characters" could have been of great use at Godric's 
Hollow, for example.  And they were also supposed to "guide its owner safely 
home if they are lost" seemed potentially important also.  (Quotes taken 
from the Kneazle entry of FB.)

Jerri