[HPforGrownups] Re: What is Canon?

[Katy Cartee]

No: HPFGUIDX 55763

I wrote:

>> Well there's nothing canonical about a picture unless, for instance,
>> it depicted Harry's scar as being on his cheek instead of his
>> forehead. In that case, we would most certainly choose the forehead as
>> being the correct placement "in canon." But pretend that the picture
>> depicted Harry reading the book "Pride and Prejudice" and had a
>> caption underneath it stating "Harry, reading his favorite book." If
>> nowhere in the completed series are we told what Harry's favorite book
>> is, i would take this caption as being "canonical fact" as there is no
>> reason not to!

Mysmacek replied:

> Please no :-). Even the movie is not reliable. I do not recommend
> believing merchandise at all. That we do not know otherwise does not
> mean that it's a truth (truth at least in Potterverse, I mean)

Again i must ask, WHY NOT? Nobody has given me a good reason thus far as to WHY we should refute facts retrieved from objects other than the books if they do not contradict what is in the books! 

Here's one good reason why we SHOULD accept them as fact (or "canon"): so far, we've been told that JKR is only writing 7 Harry Potter books. SEVEN. #5 is about to come out and then only 2 more to go. What then? What else will we have to turn to to satiate our thirst for Potter-knowledge? I'll tell you - OTHER licensed sources. I don't know about you, but it would thrill me to learn more facts after the series is complete. 

~Katy~
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