Contradictions

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 156633


Jazmyn Concolor <jazmyn at ...> wrote:
>
> Ummm... Dumbledore was not Headmaster during Tom Riddle's time.. He 
was 
> JUST a teacher then.  Nowhere does it claim he was yet headmaster 
during 
> his early meetings with Tom Riddle.  He was a good 50+ years 
younger and 
> a friend of Flammel, who was still making his longevity potions 
then and 
> might be sharing it with Dumbledore, thus the auburn hair...

Potioncat:
Correct, and agreed. But when Riddle comes back to apply for the DADA 
position, DD is headmaster. I make that to be mid 50's, but see below.

On a sort of side note, I wonder if DD is Deputy Headmaster during 
Riddle's time. Slughorn's comments imply that DD has a great deal of 
power within the administration.


Snow wrote:

 It could have been many years until the Hokey incident
> > and Dumbledore claimed that it took him sometime before 
retrieving the
> > memory that she gave him. The timetable is wide open here.
> >
> > The memory that is ten years after this incident could have been 
in 1970,
> > which would give quite a span if Hokey's memory was not obtained 
until 1960

snip

. Actually that would have
> > Riddle working for B&B for only five years, which isn't that 
unbelievable.
>

Potioncat:
This is an interesting idea. And I was ready to agree to it. But we 
still have McGonagall being hired for Transfiguration in Dec 55 or 
56. (I'm using  the Lexicon's dates here.) I assumed she was hired to 
fill DD's teaching position when he moved into the Headmaster job. I 
wonder if Slughorn was his Deputy?
 


Snow:

 I do have a bit of a problem
> > with an auburn haired person turning entirely white in 15 years.
> >
> >
> >
> > Oh by the way, I'm sorry your feeling so blue
you didn't even 
chuckle at
> > my joke about F&G's beards. There must be something wrong. Have a 
butterbeer
> > or a firewhiskey on me.

Potioncat:
The butterbeer has been a great pick-me-up...Thanks! 

Hmm, feeling like you look too young at 50 so you use an aging 
potion....interesting.

Actually I like the idea that someone had that white hair is a sign 
of being Headmaster....being headmaster of a school full of magically 
inclined kids would turn your hair white, wouldn't it?

Having 3 kids did the trick to mine!