Flitwick/Fudge/the Potters

[Elihu Falk]

No: HPFGUIDX 91635

Potioncat wrote: 
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> What surprises me is that Fudge refers to "James and Lily" 
> several times as if he had been on a first name basis with
> them. Oddly enough, Professors McGonagall and Flitwick refer 
> to James and Sirius always as Potter and Black. 
> 
> I'm not sure if this just made the storytelling easier or if 
> Fudge knew the Potters well. Or if he is just a name dropper. 
> Do we know how old he is?


Elihu's answer:

We know that Fudge was in the law enforcement at the time; he might have been 
on first name terms with all the members of the order at the time.

About Flitwick and McGonagall, we know that all teachers, with the exceptions 
of Lockhart and Lupin, refer to Harry by last name; so even if MWPP were in 
Gryffindor (which I doubt), McGonagall probably would have refered to them by 
last name.

                                                                              Elihu