JKR Chat

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 92049

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "sam2sar" <sam2sar at c...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "karenlyall666" 
> <karen.lyall at b...> wrote:
> > JKR Chat ref:
> > Luisa: How old are Charlie and Bill Weasley in relation to their 
> > other siblings? 
> > JK Rowling replies -> Oh dear, maths. Let me think. Bill is two 
> years 
> > older than Charlie, who is two years older than Percy. 
> > 
> > Taking the above as 'fact' add the seven year rule from POA and 
> the 
> > PS/SS quote of not having won "since Charlie left".
> > 
> > What theories have we got.
> > 1) Charlie left school early?
> > 2) Charlie left the team earlier than 7th year?
> > 3) JKR can't remember what she's already written?
> > 
> > Let me know if there are any other possibilities, because she's 
> now 
> > sent my timeline into mass confusion.
> > 
> > Karen
> 
> Maybe he did leave early.  Do you have to come back for 6th and 7th 
> years? Not everyone needs to get there Newts.  Since the twins were 
> able to leave early maybe Charlie did too.
> 
> Sam

Also we assume that the Quidditch house cup was played every year 
that Charlie was at shcool. I can't imagine that Hogwarts just 
started to get exciting/dangerous upon Harry's arrival. Perhaps there 
were tournament cancellations before Charlie's graduation due to, 
well, any number of things. Or else he got a real good dragon related 
internship that he couldn't pass up. 
Meri