Susan Bones' Family WAS Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Minor Characters

SnapesSlytherin at aol.com SnapesSlytherin at aol.com
Tue Jul 29 00:29:28 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 73765

In the 20 October 2002 Barnes and Noble chat:

Question: There is a girl named Susan Bones who was sorted in the first book, 
and there was a family called the Bones that Voldemort tried to destroy. Is 
this a coincidence, or will Harry meet her in future books? 
JRK: Susan Bones's grandparents were killed by Voldemort! 

Then, in OoP (US Version, page 550):

There were relatives of their victims among the Hogwarts students, who now 
found themselves the unwilling objects of a gruesome sort of reflected fame as 
they walked the corridors: Susan Bones, who had an *uncle, aunt, and cousins* 
who had all died at the hands of one of the ten, said miserably during 
Herbology class that she now had a good idea what it felt like to be Harry."  
(Emphasis my own.)

What happened to her grandparents being killed?  Did JRK change her mind?  Is 
the American edition wrong (as it so often is...)?  I would think that JRK 
would mention that Susan's grandparents were killed when she was listing other 
relatives.

On another note, that part of the sentence "who had an uncle, aunt, and 
cousins who had all died" seems weird to me.  Is it just me?  It just reads 
awkwardly in my head.

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~
--Who's drinking the popcorn now, bitch?


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