Another casting for HBP

[Carol]

Theresa wrote:
> That is probably the memory scene where young Tom Riddle and
"friends" are chatting with Slughorn to find out about Horcruxes. I
don't have my book with me but I remember how Harry finally tricked
Slughorn into giving the complete memory and Tom had some other
Slytherins with him. I always thought Lucius would have been much
younger than Riddle therefore not at school at the same time but
perhaps he had Draco later in life than most. <snip>

Carol responds:
Since Lucius Malfoy is 41 in OoP (and a Prefect when Severus Snape is
Sorted into Slytherin) whereas Tom Riddle was sixteen fifty years
before CoS and would therefore be 69 for most of OoP, there's no way
that young Lucius can be in the Sluggie Horcrux memory unless the
writers have really messed with the chronology (and chosen to forget
that even in the CoS film, Lucius Malfoy is ruled out as the Heir of
Slytherin because he wasn't in school (or even alive) fifty years before.

I hope we see young Lucius as a Prefect in Snape's memory in DH, but
how they'll use him (and Regulus?), I don't know. Maybe Slughorn has
group photos of earlier Slug Club members, but Lucius and Regulus
wouldn't be in the Club at the same time. Severus and Regulus would
have, but the scenes involving those two don't seem to involve young
Snape.

Help. The writers should have followed the other books, especially
OoP. More closely and they wouldn't have to strain the plot with
imaginary scenes.

Oh, well. I have high hopes for this film despite occasional
uncanonical tidbits.

Are we sure about the attack on the Burrow or is that unofficial? I
don't see the point in it, myself. Save that for DH!

Carol, wondering what the "pivotal scene involving Snape" in the
teaser trailer could be and hoping that *that* description is accurate