biggest SPOILER _ Children's Books?

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 109967

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Josh Warren" 
<wjwarren4269 at c...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
> <susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> > Josh Warren wrote:
> > > > I tend to get a bit testy when already-denied 
> > > > theories keep managing to pop up.
> > 
> > 
> > SSSusan:
> > The thing is, as much as I *don't* believe in Vampire!Snape, 
there  are still folks who can hang onto that theory because what 
JKR said  to "Is there a link between Snape and vampires?" was 
"Erm...I don't  think so."  You see?  It sounded like a "no" to me, 
but why doesn't  she just come out and say "NO!" It's the way she 
leaves a teeny  tiny window there that muddies the waters.

Josh:
> She has 4 answers... "yes" "no" "I can't say!" and "what are you, 
> stupid?"
> 
> I'll count her Vampire!Snape answer as #4, right along with 
DE!Lily, Granddaddy!LV, etc. ;-)
> 

Your privilege, Josh, but how do you know she hasn't got another 
category:

#5 Tricky

Dumbledore uses  misleading locutions, such as  "Unless you 
are suggesting that Harry and Hermione are able to be in two 
places at once, "  "If you think Buckbeak has been stolen, do you 
think the thief will have led him away on foot" (this, when there 
are flattened patches of grass suggesting that someone has 
done just that)   and his whole conversation as he leads Fudge 
away from arresting Harry in OOP.

He does it rarely, since a reputation for straight talk is a 
trickster's best friend. I can't prove that JKR does it too.   But 
if you accept JKR's "Dumbledore is goodness"  statement, it's 
hard to see that she would regard this as wrong.

Pippin