Conspiracy Theories - Clue, hints, & Theories

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 96939

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathy King" <kking0731 at h...> wrote:
> Hi Geoff!
> I had read your latest post on conspiracy theories in which you asked:
> 

> > Geoff?:
> >The point I am reiterating in this ramble is that, as I have said
> previously, I wonder whether Jo Rowling has her story planned to the
> level of intricacy that we seem to believe. Whether every second 
> word needs to be analysed? Why was the passive tense used there? Why
> a conditional clause here? <


> Kathy replies:
> 
> I realize you may have asked these questions rhetorically in making
> a point but I have been reading a lot of JKR's chats and interviews 
> and happened upon a response from her that more or less had insight 
> to these very questions. I added the entire paragraph not wanting to
>  take the wording out of context. The last few sentences are the 
> ones that  seem to apply the most.

> 
> QUOTE - From The Scotsman 2002, JKR was asked:
> 
> Can you describe the process of creating the stories?
> 
> Her reply:
> ... By the end of that train journey I knew it was going to be a 
> seven-book series. ...It took me five years to plan the series out, 
> .... I know what and who's coming when, and it can feel like 
> greeting old friends. .... I almost always have complete histories 
> for my characters. If I put all that detail in, each book would be 
> the size of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, ... The readers don't need
>  to know that but I do. I need to know much more than them because 
> I'm the one moving the characters across the page.
> ---end quote---

> Kathy continues:
> 
> It appears that JKR has gone to extensive lengths, at least to the
> major players, to create entire backgrounds for her own use. Given 
> this bit of insight to her complexity, we may need a very large 
> magnifying glass in picking out her very subtle clues.
> 
> Kathy- 


bboy_mn rambling slightly:

I don't think the question is so much are the stories rich in clues
and hidden significant details as it is, which details are significant
and which are not. Are Snapes dress, demeanor, and actions hints that
he is a vampire, or are those just random insignificant details that
mean nothing except to overwrought late-night conspiracy theorist?

There in lies the rub, significant details are there, but of the many
many details, large and small, which are significant and which are
meaningless? 

Since we don't know, all we can do is stay up late at night while
caffee driven fantasies tumble from our minds like rocks in a landslide.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn