JKR Chat

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92263

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "suehpfan" <stanleys at s...> wrote:
> 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
> 
> Sue: It is also possible that Charlie is two years older but three 
> years ahead in school. IOW, Charlie finished his 7th year just before 
> his 18th birthday and Percy finished after he was 18.
> 
> This still doesn't explain the Quidditch Cup though.

Carol:
But since Percy has just learned to apparate in GoF, it seems more
likely that he's still seventeen and was among the youngest, not the
oldest, in his class. But as you say, an additional year can't solve
the Quidditch Cup discrepancy. There's no way that Charlie could have
won the cup when he was ten or eleven (not yet in school or too young
to be on the team) and then lost it during the years when he was
captain (say fifth, sixth, and seventh years). It doesn't add up; it
can't add up; there's no explanation other than F-L-I-N-T.

Carol, who hopes no one minds her being adamant here but is for once
absolutely certain that she's right