[HPforGrownups] Re: Help! McGonagall's book of babies born with magical powers

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 12395

Doreen Rich wrote:

> I am so so so so sorry! Yes, that is exactly where I read that. And it
> is so frustrating to realize that it was not from one of the books,
> but rather from something I read on the internet. This is the second
> time that this has happened to me. The first time, was when I
> distinctly remembered reading that Molly Weasley was the only Weasley
> who was not a redhead. It turned out to be a statement made on a
> German HP website, next to a picture drawn by one of its eaders.(In
> the meantime, I found the line in PoA describing the black & white
> picture of the Weasleys, saying, "all with flaming-red hair" PoA-1)

This is *exactly* the reason Steve and I and the other lunatic purists
don't read fanfic. We have enough trouble with distinguishing this
group's well-reasoned conclusions from canon, already.

Is there an extant term--it can't be "canon," since it's not in the
books, can it?--for details that JKR has supplied, which are therefore
Right, as distinguished from non-book material from other sources? For
things like Lexicon purposes and such?

--Amanda


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