Open Letter to Jo Rowling

[erisedstraeh2002]

Dicentra wrote:

> We've been hearing rumors lately that Internet groups such as ours 
> have been a cause of consternation for you.  

Now me:

This is the first I've heard of this - where did you hear about it? I 
remember an article in which JKR said she anticipated that HP would 
be for obsessives and didn't expect the series to be as universally 
popular as it is, so I'm surprised she would be disconcerted by our 
obsessive analysis!

Dicentra again:
 
> Were it not for HPfGU, most of us would have never noticed that Ron 
> sometimes inadvertently predicts the future or that Harry is more 
> powerful without a wand than with one or that Snape's nastiness 
> masks a man of genuine integrity.  

Me again:

I thought your letter was eloquent and wonderful, but the above 
statement got me wondering whether I'm the only HPfGU-er who 
*doesn't* think Harry is more powerful without a wand (at least not 
as of Book 4) and who suspects Snape of being ever-so-evil?

Dicentra again:
 
> We're having so much fun wondering and being filled with wonder 
> that we can hardly stand it.  Dishes pile up in our sinks.  Clothes 
> go unwashed.  Weeds fill our gardens.  Dust collects on the TV 
> remote.  

Me again:

How true!  How true!

~Phyllis