Willow ,'Potential'
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By consensus, this thread is reopened specifically to discuss Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. It will be closed again once that discussion has run its course.
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What year is Deathly Hallows supposed to be set in? 1998?
Relatedly, at JK Rowling's site, Harry is Wizard of the Month for October, and his write up includes this bit of information:
The Boy Who Lived, only known survivor of the Avada Kedavra curse and conqueror of Lord Voldemort, also known as Tom Riddle. Harry Potter joined the reshuffled Auror Department under Kingsley Shacklebolt at age 17, rising to become Head of said department in 2007.
henh! that'll get lots of fic writers in a knot.
So much for that seventh year at Hogwarts.
Do I need to whitefont? I feel like I should whitefont.
You don't have to whitefont, because Gud is trying not to read when he posts. But if you feel better, I'll post my response in whitefont for you.
I don't think they are mutually exclusive. Harry Can still spend his seventh year at Hogwarts. After he graduates he's still 17 for about three months.
After he was supposed to graduate. He turns the age at the beginning of each book. Unless you mean he could have joined for those three months, gone back and finished school, then headed back to the Ministry.
Does Harry not turn 17 at the beginning of Deathly Hallows?
I'm such a potterhead. I just got an email notification from my high school reunion committee that someone with the last name Jordan just registered and my first thought was, "Lee Jordan?"
I guess I'm assuming too much that they would sort of CLEP-test Harry, Ron, and Hermione for their time away from Hogwarts that year.
Due to circumstance I haven't been able to listen to much. Anyhow Harry said the name and they got snatched. It seemed for a little bit that they might get out of it, but it didn't last long and now they are on the way to Malfoy manor.
There is a big hole here, why not just apperate away when they hear the snatchers coming? I think the hole can be plugged with a bit of exposition explained that the taboo prevented apperation for a few minutes, it would just make sense. Anyhow, I think it was too big a hole not to be plugged. I will just assume my theory to appease my sense of internal consistency.
Greyback is written especially repulsive in this scene.
I was sort of uneasy with the taboo in general -- it makes Voldemort sort of all-powerful in a way that feels like it breaks the rules of that universe. To me.