Switching Houses

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 94873

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "JoAnna" <pt4ever at y...> wrote:
> Potioncat wrote:
> <<<The switching houses plot came up not too long along and a call 
> went out for a confirming quote.  Has anyone found it?  Has anyone 
> looked?>>>


JoAnna replied: 
> I've looked, and I can't find *anything.*  Granted, I haven't gone 
> through every single JKR interview out there, but I have read 
quite 
> a few, and so far I've found zilch.  I'm beginning to wonder if 
this 
> was a fan prediction that got somehow attributed to JKR.  
> 
> Has anyone else found anything?
> 

I've been in the fandom for nearly 3 years and I believe I *have* 
read every single JKR interview (at least all of the on-line ones) 
and I don't think I've ever seen her say anything about anyone 
switching houses.  Personally, I think it's codswollop :-D.

There are several "fandom myths" floating about online, where people 
repeat rumors concerning JKR statements they've heard *somewhere*.  
They always swear that she really said something or other but when 
someone else actually makes the effort to research the statement, it 
never turns up.  The discussion then dies out only to resurface 
months later (sometimes on other lists), and the whole cycle repeats 
itself.  The result is that large numbers of people are certain she 
said whatever it was because they actually did read it somewhere; 
just not in an interview where she's actually quoted.

My personal approach is to never, ever believe anyone's claims 
concerning anything JKR is reputed to have said unless they provide 
a link, or at the very least, the name of the publication and the 
date it was published.  Even then, I don't believe it unless I go 
read it myself ;-).  The same goes for the books themselves, since 
movie and fanfic contamination are rampant and it's easy to confuse 
plot points and characterizations if you haven't actually read the 
book for a while.

Jo Serenadust, ever the skeptic