[HPforGrownups] School Timeline; Life-Debts

[Beth Loubet]

No: HPFGUIDX 46865

SCHOOL TIMELINE

>Yes, McGonagall is a few years older than Voldemort, but their time at
Hogwarts >definitely would have overlapped. A few others who might have been
students at >Hogwarts in Riddle's day based on their probable ages:
Neville's Great Uncle >Algie and Great Aunt Enid, Ron's Uncle Bilius,
Harry's paternal grandparents, >Arabella Figg, Mundungus Fletcher, Mad-Eye
Moody, Nott (the older Death >Eater). That's all I can think of at the
moment.
>
>Audra

Me:
What about Sprout? I can't remember exactly how old she's supposed to be,
but I had always had the vague impression that she's about the same age as
McGonagall. Yes?


LIFE-DEBTS

From: "Eric Oppen" <oppen at mycns.net>
>It states, clearly, several times in The Texts Themselves that "for one
>wizard/witch to save the life of another creates a bond between them."
This
>is why, among other things, Snape is trying to save Harry's life even
though
>he detests the little dratsab (spelled backwards because some folks may
read
>this list on machines where nannyware is required) and why Dumbledore isn't
>too displeased that Pettigrew/Wormtail, with that life-debt to Harry
Potter,
>is now Voldie's right-(silver)-hand man.

Hmm... I'm new, and this may have been mentioned before. If so, I apologize.
But -- doesn't that mean that LV has a life-debt to Harry? Without Harry's
blood, he wouldn't be alive in his new body.

It makes me wonder, too. Could a life-debt to Lily be what made LV hesitate
to kill her? And could his bodily destruction actually have been due to his
murder of Lily, rather than to the attempt to kill Harry? (I have to imagine
that a life-debt to a mudblood would only have driven Tom Riddle even
farther around the bend...)

It might also explain LV's ability to touch Harry now. Part of Harry's
protection from Lily isn't necessary now -- LV can get close to Harry
because he's under a life-debt to him. No wizard in his right mind would try
to kill someone they have a life-debt to. Of course, we all know about LV
and that "right mind" clause...

This has been a bit rambly, and probably has holes in it big enough to drive
a lorry through, but I thought it was worth a go. Have at! <grin>

bel