Comments | mctabby: the Black Family Tree and wizarding lifespans

mctabby

the Black Family Tree and wizarding lifespans

Feb 21, 2006 16:45

This post refers to the latest version of the House of Black Family Tree.

What's my problem with it?

( The Blacks have Muggle lifespans! )

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mctabby February 21 2006, 14:00:24 UTC

Yeah, why not? Let's make it a pureblood tradition!

g_shadowslayer February 21 2006, 14:20:48 UTC

It's the same thing I was going to suggest -- lots of Succession by *ahem* unexplained circumstances... ;)

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oblomskaya February 21 2006, 13:55:41 UTC

Way of life? Heavy drinking? Their cold hearts and maniac-depressive personalities burning them down? Who needs a Curse with folks like Blacks? :))

mctabby February 21 2006, 14:04:21 UTC

Cause of death: family. Okay! :D

simmysim February 21 2006, 14:14:07 UTC

XDXD

arclevel February 22 2006, 03:25:06 UTC

OMG, I love your icon!

Thread 5

grasshopper February 21 2006, 13:56:41 UTC

I vote for option 5 -- apparently the Blacks also tend to have children at age 13 :\

mctabby February 21 2006, 14:07:03 UTC

But this is equivalent to showing them all reproducing at 13! Naah, her maths can't be that bad - she must have given up on the long lifespans - or has she? *dithers*

ajat February 22 2006, 01:54:45 UTC

OMG, Chan iz Canon !

Good grief !

hasaidreamer February 25 2006, 05:33:05 UTC

Good point! Pollux (b.1912) & his(?) daughter (?) Walburga (b.1925) jumped out at me too. Berry strange...

Maths + JKR = ummm please let's not go there?

furiosity February 21 2006, 14:02:20 UTC

The Blacks are all Slytherins (except Sirius) and therefore evil and therefore do not deserve proper wizarding lifespans.

mctabby February 21 2006, 14:08:00 UTC

I bet you kick puppies and mock kittens in your spare time! Meanie!

*cuddles Slytherins*

furiosity February 21 2006, 14:11:15 UTC

I'm only evil because JKR did not hug me enough. And maybe the Blacks all have Muggle lifespans because she didn't hug THEM enough. *kicks her*

ruxi February 21 2006, 14:13:03 UTC

That's right - and since Sirius' a Black and not a Slytherin, he deserves death by curtain. *solemn*

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gehayi February 21 2006, 14:06:08 UTC

I'm just going to ignore the family tree, on the basis that if it's not in the books, it's not canon--it's the author's commentary on her canon.

And quite honestly, given JKR's problems with math, ages and timelines, I think it's better if I ignore all of her pronouncements concerning those things which aren't in the books. (I have enough trouble accounting for JKR's mathematical Flints that are IN the books.)

mctabby February 21 2006, 14:11:31 UTC

In your own writing, do you accept Dumbledore's age as 150? Longer lifespans in general?

It's one of those para-canon "facts" that's really widespread - anyone who grits her teeth and goes hardline about "book canon ONLY" will have people popping up all the time to remind her of what JKR said in interviews.

gehayi February 21 2006, 23:54:05 UTC

In my own writing, I don't mention Dumbledore's age, other than to describe him as old ( ... )

hasaidreamer February 25 2006, 05:34:01 UTC

LOL - I like your approach :)