Conspiracy Theories - Clue, hints, & Theories

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 96966

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- 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

AmanitaMuscaria now - 'coffee driven fantasies tumble from our 
minds', indeed! Well put. I just hope and pray that the Encyclopaedia 
Britannica of JKR's plots and plans are published sometime in the 
future for us all to obsess over!
I really hope that somewhere, she's lying in bed chuckling over the 
fans sitting up poring over every minute detail!
Cheers! AmanitaMuscaria