Second guessing JKR

[that space cadet glow]

No: HPFGUIDX 75661

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> I sometimes wonder whether, here on the group, we get a little too 
> involved in second guessing what Jo Rowling is intending us to 
read 
> into her books. 

I've often had similar thoughts, which is why I've been reading less 
of theories on the web, because I don't really like to try and psych 
out the author too much. For one thing, I want to be surprised. I'd 
be really disappointed if I did manage to guess everything that was 
going to happen. And also a lot of stuff I read as well seems to be 
reading into things farther than I often think is plausible. 

I've tried making predictions and have failed miserably for the most 
part. One thing that often gets overlooked as well in online 
theories is the fact that only JKR can create new characters or take 
any old ones away, which makes for a lot less predictability on her 
part. There's no way I saw the likes of Umbridge coming along, for 
instance, or Luna Lovegood for that matter. And they both had 
significant impacts on what happened in OOTP. 

~dream