I Don't See a Problem with OGG

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50030

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Kathryn Wolber
<katydid3500 at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- "Steve <bboy_mn at y...>" <bboy_mn at y...>
> wrote:
> > 
> > I quess I don't understand why this person thinks
> > that Molly and
> > Arther couldn't be 70. 
> 
> I have trouble seeing the Weasley's as 70.  I don't
> think you can look at it as half muggle age.  
> 
> ...edited..
> 
> Sorry if I lost anyone in that...I know it's a little
> confusing.
> ~Kathryn

bboy_mn:

You have to separate the 'growing' process from the 'aging' process.
Harry and Ron aren't aging, they are growing. That is to say their
bodies are still growing into adulthood. I believe JKR has even said
or at least indicated that people grow normally until they reach their
adult bodies in their late teen, and the the aging process slows down.
(Can someone give me a reference to that, either for it or against it?) 

Since the aging process slows, a 70 year old muggle is much older than
a 70 wizard. And remember that the age thing 100yrs/200yrs is a
relative thing, not an absolute fact. It serves as an illustration of
where people are in their lifecycle. If you've ever seen an old person
especially if they are approaching 100, you know how weak, weathered,
and worn their frail bodies are. Now contract that to how Dumbledore
acts. We have many many people in our society who are extremely vital
and active at age 70. So relative to how Dumbledore functions and
looks, he would seem to be about 70 or (150/2=70). 

While Prof. McGonagall is said to be about 70, in the photo albums of
this group is a sketch by JKR which makes McGonagall look quite
young... say roughtly 35. 

So for ADULT wizards, as far as how they look and function, I think
I'm not that far off. At age 40 to 60 Mrs. Weasley would be in her
prime childbearing years. 

Your point, which I think I deleted, about Lilly being in her early
20's when she had Harry, about applying my formula to her, which would
make her about 10 years old. Remember, that 10 year old is not the
body and maturaty of a 10 year old. Lilly has an adult body and she
has years of experience to mature her emotionally. The relative 10
year old figure represent the level of health and vitality she would
have. The condition and rate of aging, or deterioration would be
equivalent to a 10 year old. In other words, extremely vital and health. 

This does help explain, to some extent, why wizard are less likely to
be hurt in an accident, and why they are likely to heal quicker. A 20
year old has the regenerative capacity of a 10 year old. 

If Molly was in school when OGG was groundkeep, that had to before
Hagrid was groundkeeper which would mean the youngest she could be
would be 62 (assuming Hagrid is 64). 

If we look as the likelihood of the two choices-
1.) Molly is 70.
2.) Through some accidental quirk of magic, the timeline has been
splintered and two timelines are now running overlaped in the same
physical space. 

Let's see which one of these is most likely to occur even in the
magical world of Harry Potter?

Sometimes the simplest solution is the best solution.

bboy_mn