The Mauraders' Generation -- no parents

[Lisa (Jennings) Mamula]

No: HPFGUIDX 123637


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...> 
wrote:
> 
> "Lisa (Jennings) Mamula" wrote:
> <snip> 
> > I know that the HP stories center around the Trio and their peers,
> but what about the generation above them?  Where are the parents of
> these characters?  
> > 
> > Molly & Arthur -- Do the Weasley kids not have any grandparents?
> > 
> > Sirius -- We know they are dead, but how?  Sirius is young; it seems
> his parents would be too young to die of natural causes.
> > 
> > Tonks -- So, her mum Andromeda was Sirius' favorite cousin... Where
> is she now (and where is her husband, Ted)??
> > 
> > Remus -- Any clue there?  
> > 
> > James -- He was so very young when he died; what happened to his
> parents?  
> > 
> > Lily & Petunia -- Another mystery.  
> <snip>
> 
> 
> Carol responds:
> While we're at it, why not add Snape to the list? (I know, I know! His
> dad was a DE killed by the aurors and his mother's in St. Mungo's in
> the closed ward, having been partially turned into a dog by her evil
> husband. Well, that's my half-baked theory, anyway.)

LisaMarie:
Oh, yes, I forgot to list dear Severus, didn't I?  How horrible of me; and I call 
myself a Snape-lover! Hmph!  <g>

Your theory is interesting; I never thought of Sevie's dad as a DE; I figured he 
was just another Dark wizard, rather like the Black family.  (That would, at 
least, go with my romantic ideal of Sirius and Severus having quite a bit in 
common, but with different reactions to it; rather like two sides of a coin.  But 
that's just me.)  :)  I'd like to know where the dog bit came from!  :)



Carol:
> And we do know of one Marauder (other than Sirius, whose parents seem
> strangely old) ....

LisaMarie:
Yes, Sirius' parents *do* seem strangely old!!  I'm glad I'm not the only one 
who thinks so.  Surely they weren't old enough to die of old age; wizards live 
long natural lives!!



Carol:
<snip>
> The Weasleys aren't really the same generation as MWPP. They seem to
> be older than Hagrid and Tom Riddle, so they would actually represent
> the generation you're talking about (as would the apparently childless
> Mad-eye Moody). (See my earlier comments on Ogg the gamekeeper and
> Apollyon Pringle the caretaker who preceded Filch, both of whom were
> on the Hogwarts staff in Arthur and Molly's schooldays.)

LisaMarie:
Yes, you're right about the Weasleys' generation; I don't consider them to be 
contemporaries of MWPP, of course, but as their children are still so young, I 
expect them to be less than ancient, which makes me want for them to have 
parents, too!!  Think of it:  All those wonderful Weasley children, and no 
grandmother to backe them cookies or grandfather to teach them magic they 
can irk their parents with?  It's sad, really.  :)



Carol:
> I think that James Potter's parents were killed by Voldemort or the
> DEs. That may be one of the occasions when he and Lily defied
> Voldemort. It would certainly be a motivation for them to join the
> Order if they had not already done so. At any rate, they were alive
> when Sirius stayed at James's house when he left home at sixteen; they
> were dead (along with Lily's parents) by the time Harry was fifteen
> months old. Too much of a coincidence for both to die in such a short
> time unless they were killed by DEs or other Voldemort agents. (Lily's
> parents are Muggles. Hard to say why Voldemort would have gone after
> them, but they're dead, too, so maybe he did.)

LisaMarie: 
I agree; I think that LV probably got to both sets of the Potters' parents.  These 
absences on their own would not be conspicuous, but it adds to the 
"parentless" epidemic.



Carol:
> Remus's parents? Maybe his father is the werewolf who bit him? Note
> the name Lupin, suggesting "wolf." (No theory about his mother, but if
> she's alive he would at least have had a place to live when he was
> unemployed before 12 GP became available.)

LisaMarie: 
Yes, it does seem that they are gone, otherwise he would have gone to them.  
But, again, it just adds to the epidemic.



Carol: 
> My sense is that Tonks' parents are still alive. I think she or Sirius
> would have mentioned it if they were dead.

LisaMarie:
I don't think her parents are dead, either, but they are not mentioned.  I just 
wonder about it.



Carol: 
> But you're right. We do seem to be missing almost a whole generation.
> 


LisaMarie, who really needs to log off and go teach her next class.  :)