Contradictions

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Potioncat snipped:

So first: When did DD become headmaster?

It seems very clear. Right there in book 3 Lupin says DD became
headmaster just before the Marauders went to Hogwarts. That must have
been early 70s?

It seems very clear. Right there in book 6. DD became headmaster
about 10 years after Riddle graduated. That must be mid 50s?

>snip<

Harry and a 16-year-old Riddle come in contact with an auburn haired
DD. Was he 100 years old then? Eleven or 12 years later (40 years
ago?) DD looks much like he does now. That's a lot of aging in 12
years, with not much more in the next 40.

>snip<

The first two sets of contradictions make me wonder if we're going to
see another Time Turner--or an earlier use of one---in book 7. And/or
if we'll learn something about how DD ages and why not all wizards
seem to live so long.

Snow:

After much consideration of many possibilities I find that I like the 
time-turner as the answer to Dumbledore's longevity. I'm not crazy 
over the time turning storyline but it would answer the question. I 
recall sometime back, about a year or so, we had a discussion over 
Hermione aging with every time that she used the turner. She only 
went back one hour at a time so the effect would not be as dramatic 
as if you were to go back through years of time. You would think it 
would have an affect on your age. 

I had another wild possibility though
a Grindlewald Horcrux reaction! 
It was 1945 when Dumbledore defeated him and this also was the year 
that Riddle graduated. You know, Black Hand for a Voldemort Horcrux, 
White Beard for a Grindlewald Horcrux. :)

If you don't like that one how about an aging potion
remember Fred 
and George!

Snow