Weasleys Ages-The last and final post you will ever need

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 92237

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Molly Rahe" <molly at e...> wrote:
> Molly Rahe:
>
> O.K. Folks! I made a post at 6.30 a.m. this morning and yes, it was
> 129 posts ago, and most of you don't have the time to slog through
> every message since the chat, so I thought I would recap what I said.
> 
> Every fact is founded in canon or an actual quote from J.K.R. 
> herself.
> 
> People, we have a flint.
> ...edited...
> 
> Then we get to Percy. It is fact that Bill is the age he is by a 
> quote from J.K.R. herself, and that Charlie is two years younger. It
> all fits too with all the book canon.
> 
> But Percy, whew! This is the Flint. He is only 19-20 by book canon
> (OotP).So how can J.K.R. call him only two years younger than 
> Charlie, who she established as two years younger than Bill, Who she
> stated in an interview as being at least 29 or 30 in OotP.
> 
> I smell a flint. ...edited... She either is deliberatly lying to us 
> (GASP!) or she made a boo-boo. A flint.
> 


bboy_mn:

Exactly, her statement about Percy in the recent chat is just plain
wrong; she made a mistake. Remember the original question didn't ask
about Percy, she just tacked that on at the end as an after thought.

And as I explained in another post, this type of interview doesn't
allow for a dialog; there is no discussion, follow-up, or chance to
make a counter point. As JKR is engaged in creating a mystery, this
format lends itself well to perpetuating that mystery, but it does not
lend itself well to clearing up minor point, and does not allow time
or space for the questioner to ask for clarification.

Summary: She made a mistake when she included Percy in her statement.

Conclusion: Disregard that information about Percy.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn