what if JKR were a member of our group?

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 32474

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jrober4211" <midwife34 at a...> wrote:
> HI Folks of the wizarding world:
> 
> I had not thought of the potential for law suites when I originally 
> posted my supposition. Actually , most of you understood that I only 
> hoped we could influence her writing so that story lines and 
> characters would develope the way each of us wants to see them 
> mature. I was hoping that one of JKR's gang would take the seeds for 
> one of the many ideas here and flesh it out in her future books. I 
> personally want to see Snape mellow out in some kind of way, either 
> by falling in love or by having a life changing event happen to him. 
> I also want to see Hermione and Ron get married. I would like to see 
> the trio of H/R/H become one of the most powerful aurores in 
> wizarding history , along the lines of that old theme "the power of 
> three". . . . 
> My question now is just when does a suggestion of a future idea or 
> plot become strictly mine? There is only so much you can do with 
> these particular characters and the theme of "good versus evil" is as 
> old as time. Not to mention that , as far as I can tell, just about 
> every idea or possible character development has already been 
> discussed in this particular group. How would you prove that JKR 
> stole an idea from here?

To answer the last question first -- you just can't.

Future ideas or plots about the Howarts characters CAN'T become yours to 
copyright, because the characters belong to JKR.  Her publishers tolerate online 
fanfic, but if anyone tried to actually print anything with her characters, they'd 
be all over them faster than Warner Bros. on a harrypotter web site.

We won't see H&R get married, not anyone become an auror, since the books will 
end when the kids gradutate from Hogwarts.  The epilogue chapter at the end of 
Book 7 will tie up loose ends, but won't tell everyone's entire future!

Snape is Snape, he's not going to mellow. He's just fine the way he is.