What is canon (from movie list)

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., dfrankiswork at n... wrote:

> So is canon what is actually stated in the books?  Or is it also 
what we deduce from them? 
    
IMO,  the term 'canon'  should be reserved for   texts of the books 
and interviews with JKR. We rely on the machinery of the 
publishing and journalism  industries to authenticate these, 
although there's always a possibility we're being Skeetered. 
   However, as to interpretations,  no one (not even Steve, bless 
him!) has the authority to determine what is an orthodox 
interpretation and what isn't. So although Steve may hold that  
deductions from canonical information are themselves 
canonical, I respectfully disagree.  
    We can't rely on deduction because we can't assume that the 
Potterverse is logically consistent, in fact we know it is not. It is  
"catastrophic": subject  to  the whims of  its creator rather than to 
natural law.

So the syllogism:
All Hogwarts students receive an owl in the year they turn eleven.
(JKR interview)
Hermione is a Hogwarts student. (PS/SS et sequelae)
Therefore Hermione received her owl in the year she turned 
eleven.   
is flawlessly logical, and yet may be false, because  logical 
consistency is not a property of the Potterverse. 

Another example might make this clearer:
All werewolves transform when the full moon rises (JKR 
interview)
Remus Lupin did not transform when the full moon rose (PoA)
Therefore Remus Lupin is not a werewolf. ;)


Pippin
"The truth is out there. The lies are all inside your head." --Terry 
Pratchett