[HPforGrownups] Kinda dumb question

[AnitaKH]

No: HPFGUIDX 181931



Tandra <tkjones9 at yahoo.com> queried:

                               I was watching COS the other day and a quote from Ron made me think. ...They are in the bathroom make the polyjuice potion and Ron says something along the lines of "Lucious opened it when he was here at Hogwarts and now that Draco is here he can open it too." My question is...I thought Lucious was at school with Snape, James, Lily, Sirius, and Lupin. A year or two ahead but at school with them no?
 This quote would make Lucious in the age range of LV as opposed to the
 age range of the rest of the parents we meet in the series (Molly,
 Arthur, James, Lilly etc...) Ok I'm babbling and I'm not even sure if
 I phrased this right. PLEASE HELP!!! lol :-)
 
akh reasons:
First, I think this question means you're paying attention, and as a former teacher, I appreciate that!  I think we're looking at chronology here.  Not having my books at hand, I'm not sure if Ron says that in the book, but at least within the context of the movie, the trio doesn't know that the chamber was opened fifty years ago yet. They discover that when they talk with Draco as Polyjuiced!Crabb and Goyle, so pre-polyjuice, any speculation is fair.  

It's interesting that, while this specific speculation isn't accurate, Lucius does have a hand in opening the Chamber of Secrets.



akh, who had to ponder the COS movie for a few minutes before remembering the chronology...






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