Author's intentions

[davewitley]

Luke:
> > I suppose the reason this bothers me is that it disturbs me to 
> > think that, if I were in Lewis' shoes, people would snatch up 
every 
> > remaining scrap of everything I had ever said (that was recorded)
> > or written, analyze it, and draw overreactive conclusions from it.
> 
Catlady deftly responded: 
> > Isn't that exactly what we do to JKR? And *she* is still alive!
to which Luke said:
> Yes, it is--and to tell the truth it bothers me sometimes in this 
> instance, too.  ;-)

Me too.  Elkins said it pretty well in her main list contribution to 
the FF vs TBAY thread a few days ago.

However, I feel that JKR does little to discourage this sort of 
activity - I'd say she revels in dropping ambiguous hints almost 
designed to cause the listener to be sucked into a vortex of ever-
more-microscopic speculation.

David