Canon? If she said it... / creatures or what?

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 12476

Steve wrote:
"I consider things JKR says in interviews to be canon. Trouble is, 
when she says things like "Good catch!" about someone noticing Mrs. 
Figg mentioned or "Of course!" when she places someone in Gryffindor, 
it just makes us speculate and wonder all the more!" 

--Right! Deep down however, even if we don't acknowledge it, this is 
one of the best parts. I mean what would we do without speculation???

I have in the past had a hard time distigushing interviews, and 
fanon, and canon. Not exactly with big things but with small things 
too. For instance I KNEW that Hagrid was a Hufflepuff. I searched and 
searched the books, but to no avail. I now realise that it was the 
reference in PS/SS and the HP Scholastic Quiz that had given me that 
impression. However for a while I was sure it had come from canon.

There are other characters, such as Draco who are VERY different, 
almost opposites in fanon than in Canon.  I don't find that as hard 
to kept straight though. 

The thing about Fanon is that I think it makes you read things into 
the Canon that you otherwise wouldn't. Like say H/H relationships. 
(I'M KIDDING! Sit down Eb, Penny!) I do think however that stories 
like PoU or ASA  are apt to change one's perceptions of the H/H in 
canon. (That is not a bad thing, but it is a reality. It CAN change 
peoples perceptions) 

Scott
Who is afraid that the last paragraph enabled him to stick his foot 
so far into his mouth that he is now choking...