Contradictions

[Hagrid]

No: HPFGUIDX 156623

> 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?
> 

aussie:
From Riddle's account, 1959. Riddle is at school 1945 (finishes 1946?)
Works for 2 years until Locket is stolen. 10 years after that is the
next pensieve meeting when DD is headmaster. But add a few months onto
the "2 years" and "10 years" and that gets closer to the 1960s.

With Lupin, he said didn't look likely he could go to Hogwarts until
DD became Head. That doesn't mean Lupin was about 11 years old. It
would look unlikely for him to be allowed to go to Hogwarts from the
moment he was bitten (6 years old?). So cut 5 or 6 years down from
Lupin's account and JKR was only 4 to 7 years off an accurate date.

> Potioncat snipped:
> 
> 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. <SNIP> I 
> recall ... 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. :)
> 
aussie writes:
Time turner for going back years? No, but keep going back over the
same hour several times till you get it right, maybe. That would have
the aging effect.

Good to see someone else with a Grindelwald Horcrux as a possibility.

Aussie