at rebirthing/interview

[Schlobin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 19969

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., rcraigharman at h... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Schlobin at a... wrote:
> > 
> > No, it was at a reading that JKR did in Ann Arbor, Michigan just
> > last week at Earth Wisdom, a local bookstore...several have 
reported 
> > sighting her there.
> > 
> > She said that there was no way in hell that Harry and Hermione 
would 
> > ever become involved, that Remus Lupin and Sirius Black had been 
> > lovers at Hogwarts, and that Crookshanks would play a major role 
in 
> > the Order of the Phoenix.
> 
> Hunh??  Is this trustworthy?  What does "there was no way in hell"
> modify?  Part 1 of the sentence or all three parts?
> 
> In other words, does your sentence mean:
> 
> 1. there was no way in hell that Harry and Hermione would ever
>    become involved,
> 2. Remus Lupin and Sirius Black had been lovers at Hogwarts,
> 3. Crookshanks would play a major role in the Order of the Phoenix.
> 
> or does it mean:
> 
> 1. there was no way in hell that Harry and Hermione would ever
>      become involved,
> 2. there was no way in hell that Remus Lupin and Sirius Black had
>      been lovers at Hogwarts,
> 3. there was no way in hell that Crookshanks would play a major role
>      in the Order of the Phoenix.
> 
> 
> The ambiguity has me lost, but what you've written sounds like the
> former.  If that's so, then I can believe #3 (Crookshanks).  I find
> #2 (Lupin/Black) plausible but really unexpected, out of left field.
> Yet, it's the first revelation (H/H) that throws me most.  In fact,
> excluding the possibility of an H/H ship would be a major letdown 
for
> a lot of readers.  If I were in her place, I wouldn't let that kind
> of info slip out until book #6 had been published, at the earliest.
> 

Oh, c'mon, do you mean that some people wouldn't buy the next books 
if H/H were shown to be a doomed possibility? I don't think so!


> Of course, if she did say that Lupin/Black had been lovers (vs.
> saying that there was no way in hell that they had been lovers),
> then there are some serious tidal changes in shipping possibilities
> for future books.  Oy vey.
> 
> ....Craig, too confused and up too late

Ibis redibis in numquam armis peribis.

I'm tempted to leave it at that, but have perhaps indulged myself too 
much lately. And I'm sorry I confused you Craig.....

Now I have to apologize for poor grammar, too! Sigh...

Anyway, the original post was accurately interpeted by Penny the 
Great, List Mother and Real Mother, who understood that I was trying 
to say that JKR said there:

Was no way in hell H/H had ever been involved...that yes Remus and 
Lupin were involved, and yes, Crookshanks would play a major role..

and that Remus and Sirius had been lovers at Hogwarts [Is this so far 
fetched really? (For those women who would like to keep their 
fantasies about Lupin and Black as close to reality as 
possible....remember it's quite common for boys to "experiment" with 
each other and then get involved with women later, and bisexuality is 
not all that uncommon either!) Neither Lupin nor Black have been
linked with a woman, and they are very close emotionally)


Susan


and by the way, Ann Arbor is just 30 minutes from Canada..she could 
have slipped across the border..........