Same Dilema (Was: MOVIE: an extra scene)

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 27446

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., prefectmarcus at y... wrote:

> 
> So Steve, do we consider anything new in the film become canon?  

No, I don't. No because it's certainly not canon but because there is 
no way to prove that it is canon. The exceptions are details from 
this new scene, because we have evidence that it is directly from 
JKR. Another exception will be the spells in the computer games, 
which JKR contributed, according to published reports. Admittedly, 
this is a tricky business, trying to figure out what's canon and what 
isn't. I use the books as the final arbiter whenever possible. For 
example, since the map that recently was released does not agree with 
book descriptions of Hogwarts on several points, the map is not 
canon. They didn't try to fit things to the book descriptions, we 
know that, so almost everything from the film will not appear in the 
Lexicon. For example, this is a direct quote from SS/PS:

     "Hagrid lived in a small wooden house on 
     the edge of the forbidden forest."

They didn't follow this, athough it's extremely clear in the text. So 
their version of Hagrid's hut is NOT canon, no matter what.

As for the letter, I receieved a number of emails from people telling 
me that it was hopeless, that she wouldn't answer, so I just dropped 
the whole idea. However, several recent events have changed my mind 
again. First, I was approached by someone at the BBC about 
contributing to a documentary. Second, the UHPFC received a personal 
email from JKR and published it online, so it does happen. I was also 
interviewed by the Dallas Morning News about the Lexicon, which might 
give me a little higher profile and could attract JKR's attention. 
Both of these things give me some hope that she might respond. We'll 
see.

Steve