Forum:Leanne's year

I know that this question was already discussed, but I want to clarify that Leanne can't be an Hufflepuff in Harry's year.

In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince it can be implied that she is a Gryffindor in Katie's year from this:

''"Leanne was just telling me about McLaggen and the last match"... In England, we don't say 'just talking to, when we were talking to someone several hours ago."''

But this is never confirmed, so I agree that it is possible she is an Hufflepuff, but she can't be in Harry's year for several reasons.

First of all, she is just seen in Harry's Potions' class, where there were actually 3 Gryffindors (Harry, Ron, and Hermione), 4 Ravenclaws (Padma, Anthony, Terry and another Ravenclaw boy/girl), 1 Hufflepuff (Ernie) and 4 Slytherins (Malfoy, Zabini, Theodore and another Slytherin girl). She can't be in Potion's class, because in canon, Ernie was the only Hufflepuff who got Potions' OWL.

Also, in the sixth film many people were shown in Potions' class: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Padma (who were actually in the class) Neville, Seamus, Parvati, Dean, Lavanda (these 5 students didn't attend Potions in the sixth year), Katie, Romilda, Cormac (these 3 students weren't in Harry's year) and Leanne.

In Harry Potter and Me, J. K. Rowling provided a list with the names of the students in Harry's year and there were 5 students per house per gender. We know the 5 boys from Hufflepuff: Ernie Macmillan, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Wayne Hopkins, Anthony Goldstein and Michael Corner (the last two boys were later moved to Ravenclaw).

We know 3 of the 5 girls from Hufflepuff: Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones and Megan Jones. The two missing girls are two of the five girls whouse house is unknown: Lily Moon, Sally-Anne Perks, Sophie Roper, Runcorn and Sally Smith.

There is not Leanne in the list.

In Pottermore, J. K. Rowling said that there were considerably more than 40 students in Harry's year.

Pottermore is higher canon than J. K. Rowling's interviews, but the books are the highest canon and Pottermore informations contradict books informations:


 * In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, we find that there are 10 Gryffindors in Harry's year, since there are other two girls, besides Hermione, Parvati and Lavanda.
 * In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, we find that there are 10 Hufflepuffs, since Sproute's class provided 20 students (Gryffindors + Hufflepuffs).
 * In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, we find that there are 10 Slytherins, since Hook's and Piton's classes provided 20 students (Gryffindors + Slytherins).

Because of all this, I think that Leanne's house can be kept as Hufflepuff, but her birthday and her year should be changed as unknown. GianG (talk) 13:25, January 6, 2015 (UTC)