Percy's B/day & new FLINT? (was New B-day on JKR's si...

[tylerswaxlion]

No: HPFGUIDX 110979

Danielle wrote:
>Percy may have been too busy in the previous summer before his 7th 
> year to take the test because he turned 17 2 weeks before classes 
started. 
> Whereas F&G were 17 in April and took the test the summer after 
before their 7th 
> year.


Perhaps the test is only administered a few times a year--say on the 
equinoxes and solstices.  Percy would have just missed the summer 
solstice test time, and then he would have been at school and busy 
preparing for NEWTS.  

Maybe it's like the bar, and people often fail the test the first 
time or two.

I think it's easy enough to fanwank the birthday and the Apparations 
test.  I just can't wait to see if Percy comes around and apologizes 
in book 6 or if he's still such a pompous jerk.  

If there's a new MoM, will Percy be swept out with the old 
administration?  Will Percy stay loyal to Fudge?  What kind of 
relationship, if any, did he have with Umbridge?

I bet JKR has even written chapters of the stuff, but never included 
it b/c it wasn't relevant.  But I think she does imagine the "lives" 
of all her characters, whether or not she publicizes it to anyone 
else.  That's how she knows their middle names and birthdays.  

TL