Occams Razor

[Joywitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 4229

One thing I have learned from the recent round of JKR chats is that 
we (me, anyway) have made some of the mysteries far more complex than 
they are.  It turns out, for all my rationalizing to the contrary, 
that the Marauders (probably) and Lily and Hagrid were all in 
Gryffindor.  

And I swore I would never get into one of those #($*&  shipper 
discussions, but: JKR pretty much said in todays chat that Ron and 
Hermione will become a couple.  She has CLEARLY hinted at it since 
the first book, too.  SOMETIMES THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION IS THE ONE 
THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE!!!!!!!!!  These are not romances, the books 
will end when they are all only 17 years old, and I doubt there will 
be any time for complicated romantic pairing and unpairing and all 
the related angst (thank goodness). So stop with the Hermione and 
Harry shipping, already.  (Like this is really going to stop it.  
Sigh. <g>)

And there is also, clearly, stuff that JKR is just not paying 
attention to - since many parts of the books (the size of the common 
rooms, the number of earmuffs, brooms, cauldrons, carriages, tables 
at the dance, etc.) are not consistent with there being 1000 Hogwarts 
students.  I think we will just have to learn to live with these 
little inconsistencies.  Or the big ones.

I suspect if we could ask JKR why Hagrid said that there wasnt a 
wizard that didnt go bad who wasnt in Slytherin, at a time when 
everyone thought Sirius Black was a dark wizard, that she would 
simply say that Hagrid was wrong.  Simple.  End of story.

On the other hand, who would have thought that Sirius Black was a 
good guy?  And that Snape is a good guy?  Arrrrgggggghhhhh.  I will 
never figure it all out.

-- Joywitch