Wand Order / Blond Hair

[Kelley]

No: HPFGUIDX 13147


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., kris403 at y... wrote:
> I know this has evidently been discussed, but I'm new.  Could 
someone offer a short summary on the decision about why James came 
out of V's wand first.  I was under the impression that is was 
deliberate of JKR and not a typo.  If she stated otherwise I missed 
it.  I would actually be a little let down considering I have really 
looked forward to seeing how that problem would be resolved.
> Kris  <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Hi Kris.  A member on this list has the email addy of JKR's 
assistant, and the answer he got concerning this was that basically, 
it was a mistake as originally written, that what is 'correct' is 
that Lily comes out first.  If you follow the link below, and scroll 
about two-thirds of the way down, you'll see some info about this, 
plus there will be a link you can follow to see what the 
subsequent 'correction' of that page in GoF looks like.  Also, there 
are two articles about this at Salon.com.  I don't have a direct URL 
for them, but if you search 'Harry Potter' there they will come up.  
(There are several HP-related articles at Salon, but the article 
descriptions should be clear enough that you can easily find them.) 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/files/VFAQ.htm
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> > --- Jennifer wrote:
> > Blond people in the books:
> > <snip list>
> > They are all mean (Petunia, Dudley, Draco), stupid
> > (Gyllenroy, Fleur)
> > or misguided (Crouch Jr).
> >
> > A B wrote:
> > You left out Rita Skeeter. She's a blonde, too, and
> > mean. Goes with your theory.
> >
> >Pippin wrote:
> > and Narcissa Malfoy.
> >...and  Gabrielle,...Fleur's little sister, about whom we know 
nothing except that she's the thing Fleur would miss most.
>
> Kathy wrote: 
> ...and Hannah Abbott, who seems to be nice enough, even if we don't 
know much about her.
> > And I must object to the description of Fleur as "stupid".  > 
> Also, for some reason, the picture in my head of Justin Finch-
Fletchley is blond.  I haven't been able to find anything in the 
canon to corroborate this, so I'm not sure how it got there, but 
there you go. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

All I see about J F-F is that he has curly hair.  Doesn't Lavender 
always end up blonde in fics, without canon evidence, though, right?  
Isn't Pansy Parkinson blonde?  This is an interesting theory, 
especially as JKR is blonde, as well.  Maybe not naturally, but she 
certainly passes for blonde to me...  Hmmm...

Kelley