FF: Canon, fanon, apocrypha

[heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu]

No: HPFGUIDX 12454

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Alex Corvus <lexac3 at u...> wrote:
> Steve wrote:
> >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...
> 
> This is a perfect example. I don't "believe" the number 1,000. If 
it's ever
> established as correct in the books, I'll have to adjust my HP-
worldview to
> accommodate it, but it's not part of the canon makeup of the HP 
universe to
> me, at this point.
> 
> Sure she's got boxes and boxes of notes, but that's irrelevant to 
the reality
> of any particular information *within* the HP universe. I'm 
explaining this
> really badly, I'm going to have to go outside HP ...


In which category are those of you who are "canon purists" going to 
put things like the upcoming JKR books Quidditch through the ages and 
Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them - what if the Quidditch one 
says "In 1978, 7th year Gryffindor Chaser James Potter...." 
or "Fantastic Beasts" says "Rubeus Hagrid, who started at Hogwarts as 
a Gryffindor in 1942..."?
And what about the video games (including the spells one) which is 
coming out later this year, where JKR has approved all 
the "fact"things in there?
Will those become Canon?