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

[Rita]

No: HPFGUIDX 49978

 
 

 
chthonia9 wrote:
what exactly is a flint, anyhow


 DM:
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.
 
Me:
A sort of useless 'clarification' on JKR's part as in later editions ( I've
got a 49th Uk paperback) Marcus Flint is made a 5th year.

R.