Mark Evans

[tigerpatronus]

No: HPFGUIDX 68662

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eligro2000" 
<eligro2000 at y...> > wrote:
> > OOP, p. 13 ... "So who've you been beating up tonight?" Harry 
> > asked,his grin fading. "Another ten-year-old? I know you did Mark 
> > Evans two nights ago --"
> > Anyone think that Mark Evans will show up at Hogwarts "next" 
year? > Or > > is it a coincidence that Mark shares Harry's mom's 
maiden name?

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Edis" <A.E.B.Bevan at o...> 
wrote:
> Edis adds:> 
> This also links to the thread started in message 66807...
> Two answer types possible...
> 1. JKR threw this in as she knows about us .. <SNIP>> > or
> 2 Its real and possibly important.
> The 66807 onwards threads take up Harry's distant cousin ideas...
> not going into those but looking at dramatic functions.> <SNIP>> 
> Edis Bevan

Now TigerPatronus:

While it is certainly possible that JKR is having a bit of fun of her 
own with us, I think it's important that this tidbit follows the 
general pattern of other things which became important, and did not 
turn out to be red herrings. The general pattern that she uses is 
that she flips a detail into the story in the middle somewhere, and 
then later (chapters later, *books* later) drops in the context that 
makes it significant. 

Here, she drops Mark Evans's name in the first chapter, and then 2/3 
of the book later, she slides in that James was mooning over "L.E." 
and they called Lily "Evans." 

Here's the question: I know that JKR answered in an interview 
somewhere that Lily's maiden name was Evans. Does she mention it in 
canon anywhere, or is this the first drop of it? If so, I think it 
fits the pattern of "could be important." 

TK -- TigerPatronus