biggest SPOILER _ Children's Books?

[Josh Warren]

No: HPFGUIDX 109913

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <asian_lovr2 at y...> 
wrote:
> I went back and looked and the original poster's statements on this
> issue said/implied JKR was 'softening' the book because they were
> /read/ by children. I may have taken that statement a little farther
> than was intended. That implied to me that the books were written
> /for/ children. 

Can't be sure _which_ original post (could be mine as I seem to 
remember you responding), but /including/ is what I meant, as I do 
know her own daughter is reading the books now (wasn't a couple years 
ago, but begging to do so). But that's why I say things might get 
complex enough... but won't require an IQ of 150 to comprehend 
afterwards. :-)

> I find it very unlikely that Snape is a
> vampire, or that Dumbledore is either Ron or Hedwig, or that someone
> will time travel agiain in some extremely pivotal way. However, many
> people have had a great deal of fun with those theories; so more 
power
> to them. 

And a very fair scale on which to balance things, too. However, 
Angimagus!Crookshanks and Vampire!Snape have both been asked directly 
to JKR in a public forum (her website, online chats, etc) and both 
have been dismissed. I tend to get a bit testy when already-denied 
theories keep managing to pop up.

BTW, is anyone else upset that the latest FAQ poll on her website is 
overwhelmingly favoring what "my last" meant over Undercover!Percy 
and MIA!Wormtail? *sigh* damned kids.

Josh