[HPforGrownups] Re: FF: Canon, fanon, apocrypha

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 12474

heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu wrote:

> 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?

Well, that was sort of my original question. I think if the author says
something, that something then is in a class by itself--not in The
Books, but coming from the source all the same. And I think in these
days of readily available transcripts and such, the spoken word (in an
official capacity, like a chat or interview) is almost as "published" as
a published text.

I think if JKR approves it, it should be accepted as fact, but my
question was, how do we refer to facts stated by JKR which do not appear
in the book? I don't think "canon" is the appropriate term, in which
case the answer to your question is, "No (sort of)."

--Amanda


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