[HPforGrownups] FF: Canon and fanon (was: McGonagall's book etc.)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 12405

sashibuya at hotmail.com wrote:

> Hmmm. I'm sure such a term exists, but have no idea what it is. I
> think it should be designated separately from canon, because JKR could
> always change her mind.

She could always change her mind anyway. Stuff that she's said on online
chats and in interviews is just as firm as the books, since it's so
immediately in print, saved in text versions, etc. She'd have to do the
same sort of justification to mollify us fans if she altered some
position made outside the books, as she would if she altered something
inside them.

But there should be a category for author-supplied, extra information,
the Straight From the Horse's Mouth stuff that is a cut above even OUR
sterling analysis and conclusions.

--Amanda


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