Dumbledore's age

[Ffred Clegg]

No: HPFGUIDX 176695

Random832 wrote:
>Why not just NOT write a book that depends on mathematical formulas, 
>birthdates, etc.? I'm a bit confused with your assertion that the HP 
>series _does_ to any significant extent depend on such things.
>
>The reason it gets so much emphasis in fandom is because it's easy - 
>every amateur critic can jump in and look up the full moons for 1993, or 
>days of the week, or where mars was, and they can provide hard PROOF for 
>how this is a mistake, so no-one can argue with them like they can for 
>ships or snape or anything else. It's a cheap shot. Put simply, it's lame.
>
>To a lesser extent, so do arguments based on the interview quotes. So is 
>it any surprise that we see those issues get so much play on forums nad 
>lists like this one?

Indeed so. When JKR said something to the effect of "don't trust me on the maths", I took her at her word.

Where the books are intuitive and creative and leave the detail to our imaginations, every detail works perfectly.

Where JKR tries to resolve imagined discrepancies based on the questioning of people with challenged imaginations, suddenly the whole thing becomes full of contradictions and impossibilities (ones that even magic cannot resolve).

What "works"? A Dumbledore in his 150s? Yes. 

Make Auntie Muriel 207 rather than 107, it makes her more believable.

But don't trust JKR on the maths.

hwyl

Ffred


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