Cynicism and Betrayal in Canon

[erisedstraeh2002 <erisedstraeh2002@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51284

Jim Ferer wrote:

> If JKR ever did write Evil!Dumbledore, etc., it would be nothing 
> less than the worst betrayal of readers ever by an author, and I 
> could never forgive her for it. 

Now me:

JKR has said "Readers loved to be tricked, but not conned"
(see: http://www.readersdigest.co.uk/magazine/Rowling3.htm).  IMO, 
Evil!Dumbledore would be in the "conned" category, and since she 
herself acknowledges that we readers disliked being conned, I can't 
see her doing this to us.

Personally, I thoroughly enjoy being tricked by JKR.  She gets me 
every time, and then I kick myself for not seeing that she's actually 
provided the clues to uncover the trick all along.  I think her 
providing us with these clues lets us feel "tricked" rather 
than "conned."

~Phyllis