Timeline question

[Barb]

No: HPFGUIDX 30337

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Megan" <virtualworldofhp at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:
> > 
> > > ***Still, for what it's worth, I'm going to champion the Flamel
> > > timeline, setting PS/SS during the 1994/1995 (or possibly
> > > 1995/1996)***
> > 
> > I hereby announce the formation of HAWB-84 ("HArry Was Born in 
> > 1984"). Two sickles per badge. :)
> 
> But isn't the reason the common 1980 timeline is so widely 
> accepted is because it fits with our own /real/ timeline?  JKR 
> placed Harry in his first year the first year SHE started writing 
> him, right?  1991.  If 1984 were the case, then when Rowling 
> started writing, she'd actually be writing in the future.

Thank you for pointing that out.  We are now three years past what 
would have been the end of Harry's seventh year in school for a 
couple of reasons:  

1) IIRC, JKR did not manage to sell the first book immediately and 
spent a year or two shopping it around to various publishers.  

2) She has not managed to produce a book a year, especially since 
GoF was so massive and she has been dedicating a lot of time to film 
oversight.  

It is also valuable to remember that when there were celebrations 
being held around the world this summer for Harry's 21st birthday, 
JKR did not hold a press conference objecting to or rebutting this.  
Penny would probably know better than I whether she actually 
participated in any of the celebrations, but it's been accepted for 
quite some time that his birthdate is July 31, 1980.

--Barb