[HPforGrownups] RE: JKR Chat

[Troels Forchhammer]

No: HPFGUIDX 92277

At 00:23 06-03-04 +0000, karenlyall666 wrote:

>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).

Just to illustrate the point I've worked out the Hogwarts years
of Harry, Percy and Charlie along with the years in which Gryffindor
did not win the Quidditch Cup under the assumption that the answer
in the chat is correct:

Harry's     Percy's   Gryf. not    Charlie's
  years       years     winning       years

                                        1
                            1 . . . . . 2
                1 . . . . . 2 . . . . . 3
                2 . . . . . 3 . . . . . 4
                3 . . . . . 4 . . . . . 5
                4 . . . . . 5 . . . . . 6
    1 . . . . . 5 . . . . . 6 . . . . . 7
    2 . . . . . 6 . . . . . 7 . . . . . 8
    3 . . . . . 7 . . . . . 8 . . . . . 9
    4 . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . .  10
    5 . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . .  11
    6 . . . .  10 . . . . . . . . . .  12

As can be seen the first year Gryffindor didn't win would be
Charlie's second, which would mean that he helped win the Cup
in his first year; and that he nevertheless achieved to become
a legendary Gryffindor Seeker ...

> > It doesn't add up; it can't add up; there's no explanation other than
> > F-L-I-N-T. <<<

Agreed.
And the evidence in the books should, IMO, take precedence here
(i.e. - the answer from the chat should be dismissed).

>By the way does everyone agree they exist, they just aren't
>important?  She didn't say they didn't exist so they must, right?

She not only did not say that they didn't exist - she promised
to try to remember their names during the chat (unfortunately
she didn't succeed) and she immediately knew what was being
asked about.

I can't really see how that can be seen as anything but a firm
confirmation that they do exist.

/Troels