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narcissa_malfoy

Marauder Era Timeline

Jul 14, 2012 01:54

As the new information about the Malfoy family has finally lured me to sign up to Pottermore my interest in Harry Potter has resurfaced again. I have long thought about making some sort of timeline for the generation that attended Hogwarts during the first war.

This is written mainly as a resource for those who write Marauder era fic, in which I try ( Read more... )

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inamac July 14 2012, 07:57:38 UTC

Thank you for codifying this. I admit that I have a spreadsheet with things like dates of birth and Hogwarts attendance, but it doesn't go down to the month/day level (I pretend that I have a life).

I suppose that enrolment at Hogwarts might be more 'magic' based than date of birth based - you get your Hogwarts letter when the 'trace' indicates that you have sufficient magic to need educating - which might give a 'two year' span for everyone presented to the Sorting Hat on 1 September.

I do have logistics problems with the idea that Lucius, as a 5-7th year involved with his exams, would have much time for 11 year old Severus - we know from Harry and his mates that older students (even ones in the same family) rarely interact with the ones two or three years older/younger than them - even in the Common Rooms.

Much food for thought.

narcissa_malfoy July 14 2012, 18:44:11 UTC

Fortunately we are having the Summer of Neverending Rain, which frees up a lot of time from the pesky things one usually does in summer, like sunbathing, actual bathing, sitting in the sun or just hanging out with friends in the sun. Lots of leisure time to spend on Harry Potter. Actually it took me just the one evening. It refused to leave me alone, and now, at least, it is done. Thank you. I don't even know if it makes sense to anyone but me, but if I had postponed posting it would have just ended in a folder on my computer and not done anybody any good. And been a major waste of time. I may clean it up and expand it a bit later ( ... )

chthonya July 17 2012, 05:08:35 UTC

Interesting ( ... )

narcissa_malfoy July 17 2012, 23:29:52 UTC

Heh, yes, it's not the easiest job, is it?

Which one was this? Surely there isn't one of yours that I haven't read? :)

This may be a bias on my part, perhaps an age difference kink, or now that I think about it I believe it is because that in every single fic I have ever read that has had Narcissa in the year under Lucius, she suddenly, Tada!, appears as if from nowhere in the common room in and he suddenly notices her for the very first time. I suppose I prefer them to have had some sort of relationship beforehand, even if it just a conversation about the way to the common rom *g ( ... )

chthonya July 20 2012, 22:32:21 UTC

Which one was this?

It's my entry for springtime_gen, here. I hadn't linked from my LJ because I made a massive error in it that I need to fix, and I hadn't fixed it because I was working flat out making glass for Ascendio. It's Lucius' first term at Hogwarts so doesn't feature Narcissa.

I prefer them to have had some sort of relationship beforehand.
I think they would have had a relationship beforehand, whatever year they were in - they would undoubtedly have encountered each other at pureblood social gatherings. My personal headcanon has some tension between the families though, so Narcissa has to do a little work to persuade Lucius that she's not insane or rebellious like her sisters, and Lucius has to... well, I've not got that far yet, but I rather enjoyed writing 1st-year Lucius so I might return to it at some point.

JKR has removed a lot of information from her websiteAnd removed the fun interface, from what I could see, which is such a shame. I wish she'd left it as a historical record; I have good memories of playing with magic ( ... )

narcissa_malfoy July 21 2012, 00:52:37 UTC

That would explain it! What a wonderful story. I am glad I got to read it now. I wouldn't worry about the error. Just post about it in a footnote and nobody will worry about it.

Yes, I quite agree, it is mostly the way people who choose this option has dealt with it that has soured me on the idea. But I would be quite happy to be proven wrong. *nudges* *g* I see tension there, too. Makes it all the more interesting, no?

Yes, I just went there and saw that you are right. I will miss it too, it was very well done. She really doesn't seem to know when she should just let well enough be, does she? Le sigh.

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narcissa_malfoy July 17 2012, 23:32:19 UTC

You're very welcome, and thank you :)

scarletladyy July 19 2012, 22:59:43 UTC

This is absolutely brilliant! Thank you for writing it :) I'm going to keep it as a reference point for when I write the older Death Eaters again :)

It would also be lovely to see your fanfic recs for this particular theme.

narcissa_malfoy July 21 2012, 00:41:29 UTC

Thank you! :) I will see what I can dig up from my bookmarks and the recesses of my mind! :) I am also wondering about writing a second part about Andromeda Tonks first.

anonymous October 10 2014, 03:11:25 UTC

I've also always been a fan of Snape's Hogwarts friends. I don't know, they've always just interested me, and they seems much more effective than Draco's gang ever was. Personally though I think the number one problem is the birth order of the Black sisters. Even if we ignore the years on the timeline, Andromeda would still have had to have been born in around 1957 (and that's taking teen pregnancy into account) meaning that Bellatrix would either be born the same year (if they're twins) or before. I can't say I'm too big of a fan of having Narcissa that much younger than Lucius either. I think it would've been much better if JK had made Bellatrix the youngest and Andromeda the oldest. This is how my ideal timeline would be for the Slytherins at the time ( ... )