Discussion: Aging in the Wizarding World

[hpgoldenage_mod]

Time for our first discussion post. :)

What does canon tell us about aging in the wizarding world and what is your own head canon on the topic? Feel free to cite canon examples as well as reference fanworks, perhaps a favorite fic that matches your head canon or made you see aging in a whole new way.

Comments

[torino10154]

That must have been an oldie, since Severus was a pureblood in it.

I do like the idea that the Dark Arts and that sort of thing could have a physical effect even on aging. Like a two pack a day habit would damage your body, so would Dark magic. (I mean we know it does somewhat from Voldemort but he goes above and beyond really.)

[capitu]

No, Snape wasn't a pure-blood on this fic, but he aged more slowly than Hermione because she's Muggle-born. :)

Like a two pack a day habit would damage your body, so would Dark magic.

Yes, I mean something like that. Yes!

[torino10154]

Ah, I see what you mean. More slowly than Hermione did but probably more like Harry than Draco. Makes sense. (There was a time, back in the day, that Snape was always pureblood since he was a Slytherin so that's why I assumed it was what you meant.)