[HPforGrownups] Lucius' age (was Re: Who knows Tom Riddle is Voldemort?)

[herm - own - ninny]

No: HPFGUIDX 55558

>From: IAmLordCassandra at aol.com
>I have to disagree with this a bit-mainly due to a difference in age. >Most 
>if not all of the DE's weren't at Hogwarts when Voldemort/Riddle >was 
>there...they were there during Snape's time. And, though I can't >find any 
>canon at the moment, I suspect that Lucius is included in >that.

It strikes me as odd that Lucius' age is commonly interpreted as either 
belonging to the Tom Riddle era or the Marauder's. Draco's quote is CoS 
clearly disproves the first suggestion, and I believe he's too old to belong 
to the Marauder years because:

1)Draco is the same age as Harry, yet we know that Lily and James were 
uncommonly young when they had Harry, which I doubt is the case with Lucius 
and Narcissa.

2)Neither Sirius nor Lupin really talk about Lucius (that I can remember). I 
would think that if he was in their year they would likely remember him 
vividly, as Lucius has the sort of  personality that one does not forget. 
For example, I think Lupin would make a sympathetic comment to Harry about 
Draco and how Lucius was just as nasty at that age, something like that.

If Lucius does in fact belong to an "era" at Hogwarts that coincides with 
any of the characters, I'd say it's probably Molly and Arthur Weasley's era. 
I have always assumed that Lucius was around the same age as Arthur because 
of their deep rooted animosity towards each other. Of course, they didn't 
have to attend school together to start hating each other, that could have 
happened at any time. It's just that they're obviously long-running enemies 
that each know (or have opinions about) the other's social situation, 
personality, etc, the kind of knowledge that comes from school years spent 
bickering.

On the other hand, The Weasley's first son Charlie is much older than Draco, 
and if we go by the Lexicon's timeline, even seems pretty close to the 
Marauder's era. This would mean that Molly and Arthur are fairly old, so 
perhaps Lucius is not their age afterall. Or perhaps he simply waited awhile 
before getting married, or having children. Maybe he did go to school with 
the Weasleys, but was a few years behind them. I don't know, does anyone 
else think this is plausible, or is it disproven in canon and I'm just 
making a fool of myself here :)

dina

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