Hey Lexicon Steve! McGonagall/Riddle SHIP

[elfundeb2]

No: HPFGUIDX 90147

Erin wrote:
 
> http://www.hp-lexicon.org/timeline.html#Important
> 
> which talks about the Lexicon timeline versus the "official" 
timeline 
> approved by Rowling on the CoS dvd, and down at the end of the 
page 
> it states that the official timeline stipulates that the opening 
of 
> the Chamber of Secrets actually takes place 51 years before the 
book 
> CoS. 
> 
> So that makes Riddle 68 to McGonagall's 70 at the end of GoF.
> 
I apologize for beating a dead horse, but I have a further 
correction.  I think the difference (assuming 70 is an exact number 
for McGonagall and that JKR intended it to refer to the end of GoF) 
is only one year.  

According to the DVD timeline the Lexicon uses, Tom framed Hagrid on 
June 13, 1942, at the end of Tom's fifth year (he states it took him 
five years to discover the secret entrance), when Tom was already or 
about to turn 16 (Tom stated that he preserved his 16-year-old self 
in the diary), which would make him 69 at the end of GoF, not 68. 

A one-year difference makes the possibility of a Riddle/McGonagall 
relationship more plausible -- especially if it took place *after* 
they left Hogwarts.  McGonagall may have adopted her no-nonsense 
self-control as a consequence of whatever happened between her and 
Tom Riddle, to make sure nothing of the kind ever happened again.

And, of course, the relationship need not have been romantic.  He 
may have possessed her the way he possessed Ginny; Tom *charmed* 
Ginny but I don't think there was anything sexual about his 
possession of her (at least in a physical sense -- for those that 
see subtexts of puberty and sexual awakening pervading CoS, Tom's 
possession of Ginny takes on a whole new meaning).  

And to Carol:
 who is more curious about whether Tom Riddle was a secret
disciple of Grindelwald during his years at Hogwarts

Indeed.  I think he was.

Debbie
who is most curious about why McGonagall was so out of the loop on 
October 31, 1981