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Doesnt make sense...,
By: Cocoa Date: October 30, 2013, 12:18 am
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It says in the diary that the book was 50 years old,and now that
the half blood prince is abviously snape,is he really 50 years
old?He is like 30 or 40 or something...if snape was fifty,then
lily,sirius,and james would have to be 50. If they were all
fifty,harry must have had to be 20 years old or something in the
5th book.This doesn't all make sense,maybe it was a mathematical
mistake?
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Re: Doesnt make sense...,
By: hermione4ever Date: November 1, 2013, 9:20 pm
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I'm sure it wasn't a mathematical mistake or J.k Rowling
wouldn't have emphasized the book being 50 years old much. Just
because the book was 50 years old doesn't mean Severus was or
his classmates. Like harry picked up the 50 year old
book,doesn't make him fifty. It was just passed on with bad
condition,and he received it. So there is my guess. Hope I
helped.
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Re: Doesnt make sense...,
By: severus4ever Date: November 1, 2013, 11:52 pm
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I was confused too,but yay you cleared up the nest between the
little chunks of brain that are left over
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Re: Doesnt make sense...,
By: NimbusSpirit Date: November 2, 2013, 11:44 am
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[quote author=Cocoa link=topic=207.msg726#msg726
date=1383110282]
It says in the diary that the book was 50 years old,and now that
the half blood prince is abviously snape,is he really 50 years
old?He is like 30 or 40 or something...if snape was fifty,then
lily,sirius,and james would have to be 50. If they were all
fifty,harry must have had to be 20 years old or something in the
5th book.This doesn't all make sense,maybe it was a mathematical
mistake?
[/quote]
I think you're confused about the books. The diary was 50 years
old, yes, but I don't think it ever says how old Snape's copy of
Advanced Potion Making (which he annotated) actually is.
Granted, it's pretty old, being that battered, but it's possible
that it was a hand-me-down from Snape's mother (who was a
champion potion maker, I believe), and he felt the need to write
all over it to correct it. Snape was 38 when he died, he was the
same age as James and Lily and in the same year. I think he was
given the book as a hand-me-down as his family was quite poor as
well so possibly couldn't afford a new copy for him anyway.
So no, he's not 50, it's fine! I think your confusion lies
around how old his potions book was, so I hope I haven't just
confused you more. :)
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