Protection for EVERYONE at Hogwarts

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 89918

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford"
<valkyrievixen at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "erinellii" <erinellii at y...> 
> wrote:
> I think it possible that McGonagall was married to 
> > Voldemort, and furthermore, that she still is.
> > 
> > Picture it... Riddle reveals his evil overlord plans to his new 
> > bride, a young and innocent McGonagall.  She is horrified, tells 
> him 
> > to "get out!"  <snip> she goes back to her maiden name and tries 
> to 
> > forget him. She pours herself into her teaching. 
> > 
> > When Voldy does surface again, <snip> she is terrified to reveal 
> her connection to him.  
> > 
> > This also explains why so few people know who Voldemort once was.
> > Dumbledore figured it out, and he is protecting Minerva by keeping
> > silent, and keeping her at Hogwarts. So... whadd'ya think?
> > 
> > --Erin
> 
> 
> I think it's the most wonderful, and original, speculation I have 
> read in absolutely ages, Erin. Thanks for giving me a good reason to 
> delurk.
> 
> Minerva's exceptional talent is well documented I could easily 
> imagine her having been quite the prestigious trophy girl for Tom in 
> his younger years. 
> Love it very much. Good sleuthing Erin.
> 
> Grinning
> Valky


By the time Tom Riddle was old enough to marry (17 or 18 at the
earliest), he had already murdered four people and left a diary that
would enable his successor at Hogwarts to carry on "Salazar
Slytherin's noble work." There is no evidence that he was interested
in girls (or women). Minerva McGonagall, as far as we can determine
from information JKR has provided on their respective ages, would have
entered Hogwarts in September 1931 and left it in June 1938; she did
not return as a teacher until 1956. Tom Riddle entered the school in
September 1938, three months after McGonagall left it, murdered Myrtle
in 1943 and his father and grandparents in the summer of 1944, and
left Hogwarts in 1945. He did not reappear until the 1970s, when he
began gathering supporters, few of whom connected Lord Voldemort with
Tom Riddle, model Head Boy at Hogwarts.

There is no place in this time frame for a romantic relationship with
McGonagall. In fact, JKR seems to have arranged the time frame so that
McGonagall would have no contact with Tom Riddle either as a fellow
student or a teacher. (She would, however, have taught many of the
Death Eaters, including Lucius Malfoy and Bellatrix Black Lestrange.)


See the Timelines at the Lexicon:

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/timelines/timeline_main2.html#1900-2000

Carol