FF: Canon and fanon

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 12444


> > books. I've never given her statements outside of the book the 
same 
> weight as
> > canon.
> 
> I agree with you, Alexa. If it ain't there, it ain't there. Rowling 
> could change her mind about including certain things or she could 
> alter things completely

This is a good point, and if it weren't for the fact that JKR has so 
carefully planned this all out and worked out all those notebooks and 
boxes full of details about the HP universe, I would be more inclined 
to agree with it. But on matters like which house someone belongs to, 
I believe she actually knows and doesn't just come up with some 
answer, any answer, on the spot. Even in the case of my pet argument 
of this variety, the number of students at Hogwarts, I expect that 
her number of about a thousand will in fact be born out in the books 
later. Of course, she'll have some explaining to do...

Steve Vander Ark
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