[HPforGrownups] What is Canon?

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 55461

 
 Melissa said -
Canon is anything that actually happens in the books or that Rowling says in

her interviews.

Now me -
(oh and sorry I forgot to show where I started writing in my last post - I
think it's fairly obvious though, especially since I forgot to delete
graniteworks signature too, so I didn't want to waste anyone's time by
posting about that separately but since I'm here again anyway, apologies to
anyone who got confused)

Anyway - that's a debatable point actually. If it's in the book it's
definitely canon - if JKR says it, well it's probably true obviously, but is
it canon? Apart from anything else she may change her mind about anything
she says between now and finishing book 7 so then the books might contradict
her interviews. Personally while I obviously pay attention to what she says
(since it's her universe and all) if it ain't in the books it ain't canon -
as far as I'm concerned.

I know that views on authors' comments vary between fandoms so I don't know
how widely held my opinion is in this particular fandom.

K