Quick canon question

[blpurdom at yahoo.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Kelley" <SKTHOMPSON_1 at m...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> > Alicia was a reserve the year before Harry got there, so she was 
> > probably a 2nd-year then--if you can't be on the team your first 
> year, you probably can't be a reserve either. >>>>>
> 
> Excellent point, Amy.  I remembered the mention about being a 
> reserve, but didn't make the age/year connection. 
>  
> > If this logic holds, she's at least 2 years older than Harry, a 
6th 
> > year (or even a 7th year) in GF. >>>>>
> 
> Yep, I'm following, makes sense.
>  
> > I don't think we know about either Angelina or Katie, except that 
> > Angelina is 17 already in fall of GF so she's already a tad old 
for 
> a sixth-year--it seems very unlikely that she's a fifth-year.>>>>>
> 
> Right; I took the very point that the twins were surprised she was 
> old enough to enter the TWT as that she was only a sixth year.  
(Why 
> would they be surprised a seventh year was 17 years old, you know?)
> 
> > My guess therefore is:
> > 
> > In OoP Katie could be 6th or 7th
> > Angelina and Alicia probably 7th
> > Fred and George 7th
> > 
> > Amy Z >>>>>
> 
> Okay, I'm with you.  So, Katie is the only real question mark, more 
> or less.  Great, thanks for the clarification, Amy.
> 
> Kelley

That's basically the logic I was going with when I put Angelina and 
Alicia in the same year for my fic, but Katie the year before.  
Otherwise, all of the older students Harry knows well will be gone 
soon, plus there will be a huge number of Quidditch players to 
replace on the house team.  (Four is enough to worry about already.)

--Barb