Bellatrix's age (Was: Narcissa Malfoy )

[Amanda]

No: HPFGUIDX 121904



> Kethryn wrote:
> >
> > To me, the quote (thanks for providing it *G*) doesn't indicate 
that
> he met her at Hogwarts at all.  She could have been at the Black 
house the
last
> > time he saw her, doing something with his mum.  <snip>  Also, the 
way
JKR has written the
> > little bits we have seen of her character, I do imagine her as 
being
> about
> > Lucius's age (although I do admit that Azkaban might prematurly 
age a
> > person).  Sigh.  This could be yet another thing we will never 
know.
>
> Carol responds:
> If she *is* Lucius's age, that's only two years older than the age 
I'm
> postulating for her. Lucius is five years older than MWPP and Snape;
> I'm postulating three for Bella. I never said that Sirius *met* her 
at
> Hogwarts. Certainly when they were both small children of say, seven
> and ten respectively, they could have seen each other at family
> gatherings, though the Blacks don't seem like the type to hold
> parties. At any rate, if she married and joined the DEs right out of
> Hogwarts, she probably didn't spend much time visiting her aunt and
> uncle. We can speculate that he saw her at family gatherings, but we
> *know* he saw her at school and that she was part of the same gang
> that invited the clearly younger Severus to join it. So again, it
> makes sense that he last saw her at school, probably at the
> end-of-term banquet in her final year or her last ride home on the
> Hogwarts Express. and since he last saw her when he was Harry's age,
> that last banquet or ride would have been the one at the end of his
> fourth year.
>
> Carol

Kethryn again (for the last time hopefully *G* unless new info is 
brought to light)

I guess the only reason that I postulate that Bella is about Lucius' 
age is because of Narcissa, really.  I mean, if the Black family tree 
is correct and the ww does family trees the way we do them, then 
Bella would be the eldest and Narcissa would be the baby.  As poorly 
as I tend to think of Lucius, he doesn't really strike me as the 
child bride type so it's hard for me to imagine more than a couple of 
years seperate him and Narcissa.  Of course, if he really was a child 
molester, I can't say that I would be shocked...grossed out, perhaps, 
but not shocked and that would pretty much put him on the permanent 
sh*t list in my books.

It's funny, isn't it?  I mean, we have all but been expressly told 
that Lucius (at a bare minimum) murdered people but I can still 
accept him...as long as he is not a child molester...

Keth (who is, once more, fighting with her webhosting company)