Book 6 survey clarification: spoiler

[Andromeda]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Brenda" <luckdragon64 at y...> 
wrote:
> Luckdragon: 
> 
> Just wanted to clarify my reasons for 2 of the survey questions I 
> posted. Below are 2 recent quotes by Jo which gave me food for 
> thought. The question about Lupin & tonks is in regards to the 
first 
> quote. My take is that she used Bill as a red Herring, however it 
> could be perceived that the L/T relationship is the red Herring. 
The 
> second quote seemed strange to me regarding Fawkes; notice how Jo 
> seems to backtrack as though she let on something important and 
then 
> tries to cover it up. We already knew Fawkes belonged to DD but it 
> seemed like there was more to the fact he isn't in DD's memories...
> 
> Jo:"that there is no place for romance in a detective story except 
> that it can be useful to camouflage other people's motives. That's 
> true; it is a very useful trick. I've used that on Percy and I've 
> used that to a degree on Tonks in this book, as a red herring"
> 
 ANdromeda: 
  My take on this was simply that the TOnks/Lupin romance was used 
as a red herring to make you think that something fishy was up with 
Tonks (was she a spy? being impersonated via polyjuice? feeling 
terrible remorse for killing Sirius while faking unconsciousness?).  
I think the relationship itself was intended (and hope it lasts!).



> Peter Humphreys for BBC Newsround. - Who did Fawkes previously 
> belong to and will he play a vital role in the next book?
> 
> JK Rowling: I am not going to answer about the role in the next 
> books, which probably gives you a big clue, and he has never been 
> owned by anyone but Dumbledore. You will notice that when Harry 
goes 
> back in the Pensieve in this book, Fawkes is never there, and ­­ no, 
I 
> am sorry, not in this book, I take that back. When Harry has 
> previously seen the study with a different headmaster he saw it 
with 
> Dippet and Fawkes was not there then. Fawkes is Dumbledore's 
> possession, not a Hogwarts possession.

This I think was a simple misstatement on Jo's part, which she 
immediately corrected.  Fawkes _IS_ seen in DD's possession the 
pensieve in book 6, but most definitely not with anyone else.  The 
point, I guess, being to emphasize Fawkes' close personal bond with 
DD.  And given Harry's final declaration of loyalty to DD, of which 
Fawkes clearly approves... ok, he'll play a role.

Having interviewed folks on camera (and been interviewed myself), 
then transcribed the dialogue, I would hate to hold anyone 
accountable for every little slip of the tongue. Most people would 
be horrified at a written transcript of their own spoken words 
(including ums, ers, uhs, erms, etc).  Editing is everyone's friend. 
Of course, with Jo we have to hang on every word while waiting, and 
end up spending countless hours analyzing meaningless mistakes.   
Andromeda