Remus on train - Words - Hermione - JKR - Voldemort - Magic - Harry compared to Tom - more

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 19089

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Catlady <catlady at w...> wrote:

> 
> Blaise wrote:
> > Incidentally, if anyone has a nice up-to-date list of all the
> > chats/interviews which JKR has taken part in and are to be
> > found online, I'd love to see it.
> 
> Steve Vander Ark has a list of some of the chats/interviews on his
> Lexicon website.

The chats I have linked on my "sources of Lexicon information" page 
are the main ones, the ones where JKR says more than just a rehash of 
the usual stuff ("I thought him up on a train," "Yes, my daughter has 
read the books," that sort of stuff.) I'm always on the lookout for 
more useful interviews and chats. I haven't found any lately, and 
Doreen did a nice job for me of searching and compiling, so I think 
we have pretty much all the important ones there. On the main Lexicon 
page, click on "Help/About" and you'll find a link to the "sources" 
page.


> 
> However, they have a class exercise of changing a hedgehog into a
> pincushion. A hedgehog that one assumes was not created by magic 
for use
> in class. Where does its soul go? Where does its life go? Is it 
murder?
> Lee indicated that its soul just hangs around waiting for it to be
> Transfigured back into some living being...

JKR has stated that things created from nothing by magic do not last 
(e.g. leprechaun gold) so by extension, I would guess that 
transformed creatures change back after a certain amount of time. We 
see this with Polyjuice potion, after all. The animal assumes a new, 
inanimate shape (and hopefully becomes unaware for the duration, for 
its sake). Then after an hour or two, it changes back into the 
animal, blinks a few times in surprise, then trundles off about its 
business.


> 
> Nethilia De Lobo wrote:
> > a basket of "funny custard-colored furballs that were
> > humming loudly". The first thing I thought about was Tribbles.
> > Anyone else think about that, or am I nuts?
> 
> Yes, my first thought was Tribbles. Now, of course, I know that 
they are
> actually Puffskeins.

That was the first thing I thought too. I wrote it that way last fall 
in the Lexicon's bestiary -- in fact, I wrote almost word for word 
what a lot of you wrote, something like: "I immediately thought of 
tribbles. Did anyone else think that?"  I can't imagine that JKR 
didn't do that on purpose. 

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
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