Hey Lexicon Steve! McGonagall/Riddle SHIP

[Erin]

No: HPFGUIDX 89942

Carol wrote:  
> > There is no place in this time frame for a romantic relationship 
with McGonagall.
> > 
> >  Erin:
> >  I think that's a little harsh. 
> 
> Carol:
> Come on, Erin. I could say that you're being "harsh" with me. Maybe
> you mean a bit too strong? (As I said, I have a tendency to state my
> points and conclusions a little too definitively. I'm working on it.
> Bear with me a little bit, okay?)


Erin:
Sorry, you're right, the word I was looking for was strong.  I meant 
I thought it oo strong to state unequivocally that there was "no 
room" for it when the lexicon itself acknowledged the uncertainty of 
the timeline.  My apologies.


> Carol:
> I think, though I can't go into detail because I should be doing
> something else, that there's at the least a five-year gap in their
> ages. I think a two-year gap is pushing it. And I think that the
> chances of McGonagall as much as kissing a much younger Slytherin 
boy are slim to none. And since JKR has said that she's not going to 
have Hermione becoming a teenage unwed mother, I think we can assume 
that premarital sex between characters fifty or so years before the 
current events isn't part of the backstory.


Erin:
 Take all the time you need to answer, I know how it feels to have 
other stuff to do.  But I am curious; why a five-year gap?  Why not 
two years?  I personally think two or three is the length of time 
suggested by the interview.  Seven is what the Lexicon is pushing.  
So any particular reason for five?

As for the chances of McGonagall falling for a younger student, I can 
easily see it happening.  She and Hermione are so often compared that 
I tend to imagine young McGonagall as Hermione-- but without the 
friendship of Harry and Ron.  Think how lonely Hermione is the first 
half of book 1.  And she, Ron, and Harry would never have been 
friends without the incident of the troll.  How often can you count 
on a troll barging into the school?  Not too often.  So I imagine 
McGonagall as a lonely, high-achieving nerd.  

And then along comes Tom Riddle.  Handsome, charming, popular Tom 
Riddle who also makes perfect grades, something that McGonagall 
values highly.  And he wants to go out with her.  I think she'd fall 
right into his arms.  Easy prey.

Also, I want to say that there is no premartial sex in the theory.  
That is actually why the theory has them married, because I also 
didn't think Rowling planned to address premarital sex.

Erin