[HPforGrownups] Re: Molly and Arthur's age

[izaskun granda]

No: HPFGUIDX 55640

  Ok. That's a tricky question. Maybe JKR made a mistake here. I have always thought that Arthur and Molly were about 10 or 15 years older than the Potters. We know that Hagrid became Gamekeeper thanks to Dumbledore, and Dumbledore wasn't headmaster when Hagrid was expelled. When did he become headmaster?

Here's Lupin giving us a clue: "
"I as a very small boy when I received the bite......"

"Before the Wolfsbane Potion was discovered, however, I became a fully fledged monster once a month. It seemed impossible that I would be able to come to Hogwarts. Other parents weren't likely to want their children exposed to me. But then Dumbledore became Headmaster, and he was sympathetic."

So we can assume that Dumbledore became Headmaster when Lupin was between 6-10 years old. Probably when the Weasleys where finishing school themselves. He became Headmaster and he appointed Hagrid gamekeeper. I know he had talked Dippet to keep Hagrid, but he was being trained then. Nothing says he couldn't be there with Ogg, all these years, and become Gamekeeper once Ogg retired, that's it, when Dumbledore became Headmaster. A bit confusing, I'm sorry. 

"izaskun granda"




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