[HPforGrownups] Re: Dumbledore's age.

[Random832]

No: HPFGUIDX 176637

Cathy Drolet wrote:
> zanoodasaid:
>>> Now that it turns out that DD was born in 1881, the whole thing is more believable, IMO. If DD was 115 when he died in 1996, there would be something like 9-10 years difference between him and Muriel, right? She 
> was a little girl when Ariana died, but at least she was born already  :-)! I'm just glad that at least one DH inconsistency is down!<<
> 
> Unfortunately, it only makes it worse as she has already stated, in 2000, that he was about 150 years old.  Making up new stuff now, because she made mistakes in the past, doesn't solve the problem that she didn't make up the backstories right in the first place.  
> 
> Just like Grindelwald's death in DH contradicts a confirmation JKR made,
 > in 2005, that he died in 1945,

I've _always_ said we shouldn't trust "confirmations" for one specific 
reason - if she contradicts an assumption the person asking the question 
makes, she has to give away part of the plot. I also think she should be 
forgiven for this. What _could_ she have said that wouldn't either have 
given the appearance that he had died, or would have revealed that he 
would appear (and, presumably, be important to the plot)?

The question wasn't "Is Grindelwald still alive", it was asking if she 
picked 1945 for a reason. She answered truthfully. She failed to 
contradict a leading question, but to do so would have given too much away.

She didn't _lie_ in "saying" that Grindelwald had died, since his death 
was neither the question nor the answer.