mytardishaswings:

dammit-jim-im-a-blog:

greyyourwarden:

cascrieff:

one thing I never see anyone take into account is the fact that Hogwarts must be crawling with cats. you’re allowed to bring either a cat, an owl, or a toad. if we assume only 1/3 of the students bring cats with them, that’s still, like, HUNDREDS OF CATS.

#and how many of those cats were spayed or neutered??#are there rules about spaying/neutering your cat and when were those rules made if so?#do the teachers remember the ‘great kitten infestation of 65?#where they had not just hundreds of cats at hogwarts but HUNDREDS OF KITTENS#so many kittens the students come to hogwarts with a cat and come home with an armful of them#teachers are given kittens#mcgonagall walking into class carrying a kitten#kittens chasing after dumbledore’s robes in the great hall#playpens in the common rooms for kittens#kittens everywhere

WHAT IF MCGONAGALL TAUGHT MANNERS AND STUFF TO THE KITTENS AND THEY EVEN TRAINED THEM TO BE LIKE HELPERS. LIKE THEY COULD LEAD 1ST YEARS TO CLASS AND ALERT TEACHERS TO MISCHIEF OR RETRIEVE MADAME POMPFREY IN AN EMERGENCY

I am all for Professor McGonagal raising and training an army of cat TAs. 

McGonagall felt bad for the new caretaker. He was not magically gifted despite having two magic parents. People seemed to avoid him except for the cats. She noticed that one particular kitten had taken a shine to him. He asked if he wanted to keep it as they were sending most of the kittens to familiar shops to be sold to new students. When he accepted, she asked what he would name his new kitted. He replied “ms Norris”