Lupin and DD's Headmastership; (wasESE!McGonagall (not what you think))

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

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>Carol
>What happened, I think, is that the headmaster, Armando Dippet,  died
suddenly in December the asstant headmaster and  Transfiguration
teacher Albus Dumbledore took over the position, leaving  the
Transfiguration job open, so McGonagall, a Transfiguration whiz  and
registered Animagus, got the job. (I realize that this  interpretation
doesn't fit with Lupin's story of DD becoming headmaster just  before
he went to school, but it does fit with the HBP timeline for  Tom
Riddle's second DADA interview.) 
 
Nikkalmati
 
This is an excellent suggestion to explain why McGonagall took over in  
December.  I agree that it explains that part of the backstory very  well.  I have 
seen many posts discussing the supposed discrepancy between  Lupin's bite and 
inability to go to Hogwarts, and the date of DD's becoming  headmaster, but I 
think that is an illusion.  Lupin does not really say DD  became headmaster 
just before he came to Hogwarts.  He merely says it was  not until DD became 
headmaster that he was allowed to come to school. I  think he is telescoping time 
they way we often do in conversation.  
 
 Lets say Lupin was bitten at the age of 5, just about 1955, when DD  became 
headmaster.  His family would have assumed, based on past practice,  that he 
could not go to Hogwarts, because no one yet would have been aware of  DD's 
tendencies to allow everyone the same opportunities.  They may  not have been 
aware until Lupin received his letter from Hogwarts 6 years  later that he would 
be invited, or, if they expected the invitation they were  surprised when they 
discussed the situation with DD that he was willing to make  
"accommodations".  
 
Nikkalmati


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