[HPforGrownups] Re: "[Five] Years": Canon precedence; flowerbed

[Danger Mouse]

No: HPFGUIDX 49932

chthonia9 wrote:
what exactly is a flint, anyhow

Me:
A Flint is an error or contradiction in canon. The term derives from pg 185 of SS in the paperback version. We're told Marcus Flint is the Slytherin Captain in his sixth year. 
In the Harry's third year, the Prisoner of Azkaban, the Quidditch Final chapter, page 306, fourth line, Wood and Flint shake hands. This would be Flint's eighth year. You are only supposed to go to Hogwarts for seven! An arguable error indeed, J.K. Rowling has since clarified that Flint has held back a year, which makes sense considering Flint's character.
Nonetheless, the name sticks.

-DM


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