[HPforGrownups] Re: Bill's Visit, other Bill questions

[Melissa Worcester]

No: HPFGUIDX 87011

I find this whole question of Bill and Charlie's ages highly interesting. I sure hope we learn the truth.

As I've been reading this thread, I keep coming back to a couple of ideas:

It makes sense that the family would look something like this: Bill is the oldest, 2-3 years older than Charlie, then a gap of 1-3 years, Percy, two years older than the twins who are two years older than Ron who is a year older than Ginny. That's usually how families work. It's obvious that ISN'T the case here, because of the haven't-won-in-seven-years comment. So, what happened to make a larger gap? I'm thinking the gap is going to be important in one or both of the last 2 books, or why else would it be there? It seems that each member of the Weasley family has a role to play. Bill and Charlie have been on the fringes mostly. Their roles so far could have been filled with any number of non-Weasley characters, when you come right down to it. The fact that they exist and that they are significantly older than we expect leads me to believe they're there and they're the age they are for a reason we've yet to learn.

It's also possible that JKR just got her numbers mixed up and she's laughing at all of us trying to pinpoint all of this with such obsessive attention to detail.

I've really enjoyed the posts about this, I've learned a lot. Thanks!
Melissa

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