About Florence

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Melody wrote:
> Acire.  You are being too hard on yourself.  Obviously, you have a
> nice way of saying everything so well that all ties together into 
nice
> little bows.  We can't refute you...or at least that is what I tell
> myself when I manage to kill threads.  :)

Thanks for the cheering-up. I even tried to start my own thread, and 
it didn't even get off the ground. No one responded to it. I don't 
even remember what it was about.

> If Florence is approximately the same age as Snape, it is possible
> that she could be Mrs. Longbottum and had Neville.  

Well, that's the other thing. We don't know how old Florence was. 
Bertha Jorkins was older than Sirius, who is the same age as Snape. 
Is it possible for Bertha to at least know two people who are 
younger than she is? Unless Snape was well-known for his curses (he 
probably was), she would know his name, and mabe he accidently 
yelled out the name of his kissing partner when he was hexing her.

It is Snape's age
> group that has children that are Harry's age.  So we can deduce 
that
> Mrs. Longbottum is *at least* close to Snape's age...assuming she 
did
> not become pregnant at Hogwarts. ;)

> 
> She, of course, could be older.  Frank Longbottum is well 
respected in
> the auror world and well liked.  As established in the community as
> they were, I wonder if they are not at least ten years older than
> Snape.  While it is possible that they established such a 
reputation
> quickly, I doubt it is plausible.

Well, James and Lily were so well-known at...what? 22 years old? 
Considering that I am of the opinion that James and Lily 
were ::gasp:: not perfect, I think it's plausible that other young 
couples became well-known quickly. Especially since this seemed to 
be the height of V-Mort's reign of terror, I would think that as 
soom as people got out of school, eg. the Potters, the Longbottoms 
(if they were the same age) and anyone else in that age group, would 
immediately choose a profession where they could help fight against 
V-Mort. I'm sure that if they made significant advances, or helped 
out in a really great way, they could easily and quickly become 
likable and well-known.

> 
> So either Mr. and Mrs. Longbottum are little social climbers or 
they
> had Neville kind of late in life.

I think they were social climbers.
 
-Acire, who should be studying for her midterms.