[HPforGrownups] A little OT and a quick age question

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 21081

Dangermouse said:

<<Ack.  My apologies.  I guess I didn't read my "Welcome to HPforGrownups"
e-mail closely enough.  I thought speculation was okay (and is usually a
good topic for discussion).  In my mind,  I 'know.'  Being a fanfiction
writer (which many of us are), cannon is always a kind of hazy line to cross
(since so many things can be read into any series).  Sorry if I've offended
anyone's sensibilities  here.  I'll be more careful in the future.>>

Speculation is just fine here, provided you make it clear that you are
stating your opinion, and throw in the odd "in my opinion..", "some have
suggested that..." or "my theory is that..." along the way.  If something is
stated as a fact, I'm afraid people will jump up and ask for a full
citation, with date, page numbers and JKR's inside leg measurement.

The way we get round some of the fanfic-style speculation is to request that
people prefix such messages with FF (for fanfiction) or SHIP (for
relationship-oriented posts), but it's still advisable to have some basis in
canon.  If it gets too far removed from JKR's world, there's our OT Chatter
list, where anything goes (within reason), but since we don't know yet where
JKR is heading, who can say for sure that any speculative theory about HP is
wrong?

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