[HPforGrownups] MWPP/S dates and Reign of Terror

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 14449



The following assumes that when JKR said in the recent chat that
Snape was 35 or 6, she meant "now" (i.e., in GoF).  It also assumes
that MWPP were all exactly the same year, which is not confirmed.
All dates approximate within a year or so.

1960 MWPP & Snape born

1970 Voldemort's 11 years in power (PS) begin

1971 MWPP & Snape enter Hogwarts

1978 MWPP/S graduate

1981 Voldemort's 11 years in power end

In other words, Snape, Sirius, et al are of the generation whose
Hogwarts education took place entirely during the reign of terror.
That has to be significant to who they are and what they did in
school and afterwards, even though we've only seen glimpses of it so
far.

Amy Z

Well, that blows a big black hole in my theory .. back to the drawing
board... or to bed would probably be a better idea.
Doreen