New title, Mark Evans, Lily and Petunia

[annemehr]

> Carol [re: Nobody!Evans]:
> Someone from the main site alerted me to the bad news and I vented my
> anguish there. Oh, the humiliation! How dare she deceive us! and all
> that. But after a second reading of her FAQ response, I loved its
> self-deprecating humor and forgave her. I think (hope) she'll be
> careful not to make a mistake of that kind again. But I admit to being
> a bit less willing to explore odd clues now, or at least to get my
> hopes up about them.
> 
> My condolences to you and Alice and anyone else who invested time and
> effort in this theory. <sniff> (At least I'm not in on the Droobles
> best blowing gum theory, which I think will be the next one to be
popped.)
> 
> Carol

Aw, Carol, it's not so bad. You just have to sort your
Little-Things-You've-Noticed into three categories: true clue, red
herring, and human failing.  The last can be a sub-category of 'red
herring' if you like -- a really good red herring that took the Author
in as well as the rest of us. I'm speaking as someone who was *sure*
Mark Evans was somebody.

Those gum wrappers, now -- I'm with you. My theory on them is that
they mean Alice loves her son. Given what Dumbledore said about her in
the Pensieve chapter of GoF, it may also mean she's beginning to
recover.  But Gran didn't even know it was going to be a gum wrapper
that time until she saw it. *Not* that I have a very good track record
as theories go, mind.

Annemehr
who's had Peeves visit her on every page more than once, but that
lousy phone never makes a sound...obviously there's something wrong
with the ringer...