Talk:Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ariana Dumbledore

i'm not sure ariana was beaten, but in fact raped. ron's and hermione's reactions seem to evince this. the fact that ariana's father is who avenges what harm is done to her is further proof of this. also, her name, arguably derived from "ariadne" may mean "most holy". so, the reference could be to virginity.


 * The unnamed editor above is reading an awful lot into a very sparse description. I would argue, speaking as a father, that anyone who did irreparable damage to my children, whether by simple assault and battery, or by sexual assault, would inspire the same sort of vengeance as attributed to Percival. (Whether I would actually do what he did, given the power, is debatable in either case.) I personally don't see that in the description given, though I'll grant it as a remote possibility. Chazz (talk) 21:42, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

If Ariana was 14 as stated she must have some training right?


 * My recollection is that it was stated that she was 14 when she died, which means that she must have been significantly younger when attacked. The feeling I get from Aberforth, and I'll grant it is no more than a feeling, is that she was somewhere between 6 and 8, no older than maybe 10 or so, when she was attacked. She certainly does not seem to have attended Hogwarts. Chazz (talk) 17:51, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Could Ariana be cured and educated?
1. Could Ariana be cured from her disease without need of hospitalization in St Mungo? At least even muggle mental disabilities can be treated.

2. How much it is probable that not being able to attend Hogwarts because of her disability, Ariana might be homeschooled?

Maybe Rowling left any whole in the plot which suggests both steps might take place? I mean possibility of creating canon fanfic stories on those bases.


 * A thing to remember is that Albus Dumbledore was born in 1881, according to the author. Which means Ariana would have been born probably in 1885, certainly no later than 1890 or so, and injured probably between 1891 and 1896, but definitely before 1900. (Timeline: it was after Ariana was injured that Kendra died; Albus went home after completing his final year at Hogwarts to take care of his sister, when he would have been 17.) Many of the options available to us now were not available then, particularly as regards treatment for mental issues. At that time, the only way to deal with a mental ailment that prevented normal life was effectively incarceration. It was that incarceration that Kendra, and later Aberforth, was trying to avoid. Chazz (talk) 15:59, 20 March 2017 (UTC)