JKR Chat- Sirius Black

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 92280

Kneasy: 
> I  wasn't  thinking about getting insights *from* Sirius, but *about*
> Sirius. I'd prefer information that helps to explain why things are
> the way they are rather than JKR's frustrating habit of never
> finishing a conversation when someone is just starting to ask the
> right questions.
> 
> JKR told us  that we will find out more about the Snape-Sirius feud
> perhaps other things as well. Wasn't there a hint that the 'Prank' 
> wasn't the only bit of history they had? Maybe those other memories
> Snape deposited into the Pensieve are significant.
> 
> And it might be a mistake to conclude that only the Marauders and
> Snape have relevant information. Lots of wizards out there that must
> know a lot of things. For instance - anyone know if Bagman was at
> Hogwarts at the same time as the others? Bet he could tell a tale or
two.
> And Rita? Hoo! What could she tell us? All sorts of background  stuff,
> I'll bet. Endless vistas  of speculation open up before me.
> 
> Kneasy

Rita is 43 near the beginning of GoF, which makes her considerably
older than Snape and MWPP, who are (or would have been in James's
case) 35 or 36 in GoF. Rita would, however, be close to Lucius
Malfoy's age (he's 41 at the end of GoF), so he was probably two or
three classes behind her. Maybe she knew some of the boys who later
became DEs? (Bellatrix is three years older than Sirius and would have
been a bit too young for Rita to have known well.)

Bagman is still a quidditch player when we see him at his trial or
hearing in the Pensieve, which clearly took place after Karkaroff gave
his information about Rookwood, which in turn seems to have happened
after the Lestranges were in Azkaban. So I'm guessing that Bagman was
in his early twenties then. He could well be about the same age as
MWPP and Snape (a Hufflepuff when they were in Gryffindor and
Slytherin, respectively)?

Anyway, it would be interesting to find out what they know or
remember, but I think we're more likely to hear it from someone in the
Order--Lupin or McGonagall or even Sturgis Podmore, whom we're told by
Mad-Eye looks young in the photo of the old Order. Or at least Sturgis
can give us an update on Azkaban!

Carol