[HPforGrownups] Re: Meaning of FLINT

[heidit at netbox.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 39639

Oh, I hate when they do this. This is like what happened with the Wand Order situation - read posts from july - nov 2000 for more - if even the books themselves can be changed so long after publication, then is anything "canon"?

Am I the only one very bothered by these changes?
Heidi, who loves her fourth printing of ps very much.

----Original Message----

From: "alhewison" <Ali at zymurgy.org>
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Meaning of FLINT
Real-To:  "alhewison" <Ali at zymurgy.org>

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:

> > FLINT is invoked at any time someone believes JKR has made an
> internal
> > inconsistency of the Potterverse: something that goes against the
> rules
> > she has set herself. Sometimes, it's interesting to note, those
> errors
> > can be explained even when JKR herself admits it wasn't thought
out
> to
> > be like that: Flint, Marcus, failed his OWLS and had to repeat a
> year,
> > which is why he's still around in PoA.
>
> From www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/author/transcript1.htm
>
> "Q: In the first book you said Slytherin house Quidditch captain
was
> sixth year Marcus Flint. If there are only seven years of Hogwarts,
> why is he in the third book?
>
> JKR: He had to do a year again! :-)  "
>
> courtesy of the Goat search engine
> (www.geocities.com/aberforths_goat/)
>
> Unless there is another interview I've missed, she ain't admitting
> nothing, so it seems we may have a Flint in the Alley.  The most
> likely reason for doing a year again would be a NEWT failure,
though
> OWL failure is a possibility.  (As an aside, we don't yet know if
> leaving school after completing OWLs is an option for Hogwarts
> pupils, as it would be in Muggle schools.)
>

I think that JKR has "acknowledged" the "Flint" over Marcus Flint. I
have 2 copies of PS, one dated from 1998 and another from 2001. In
the first, Flint is a 6th year, but in the second he's a fifth year.
To my mind, this is evidence that the mistake has been acknowledged,
and rectified for later editions. I don't know what that says about
JKR's interviews being canon though - clearly if canon is
inconsistent it can change! I guess she made up the fact about Flint
retaking a year on the spur of the moment, and then decided to change
it later on.

Ali


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