[HPforGrownUps] Ages? and Dumbledore's Mirror

[Stephanie Becvar]

No: HPFGUIDX 7874

I have a question, i read somewhere, maybe on this list maybe not, that 
someone assumed sirius, lupin, snape, etc. were about 43.  This makes no 
sense to me, bc that would make Lily around 30 when she had Harry.  I always 
assumed, that they got married in their early twenties, or even right after 
they graduated Hogwarts.  It would make sense that the wedding would happen, 
Harry would be born, and that would be about the time things started going 
really awry, bc i kind of though that they were in their last years of 
school when Voldemort really gained power.  I know this all sounds 
incredibly muddled, but it is 4:28 in the morning, and i was awoken by a 
dream in which a man with a human head and a snake body was telling me he 
would kill me like my silly muggle mother(I have been reading HP on a loop 
for a few weeks now, i guess this means i need a break<g>)  Anyways, I 
always assumed Sirius and co to be younger than that, more like about 35, 
which is actually a pretty big difference, and Mrs. Weasley more in her late 
40's, which makes sense seeing as how Bill is about 23.  One of the main 
reasons I am so interested in the new books is bc i need this kind of stuff 
resolved, like Lily and James' pasts.  I think that would make for an 
interesting series, to have JKR pull a George Lucas on us, and go back and 
write James Potter and the....books.  I would read them.  And BTW, i really 
want her to write "Hogwarts, a History" <g>

Now that i have thouroughly strayed off of that topic in a long email, since 
it has been a while, i just wanted to say that i think that Dumbledore 
doesn't look into the Mirror of the Erised bc he would see himself leading a 
common, almost Muggle life where he could sit around all day and not read 
the paper and not worry about anything about having to get out of his 
lazy-boy to pee.

Stephanie
Who can not sleep, and is realizing that this is more of a ramble than 
anything.
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