[HPforGrownups] Re: Why such a point of characters' birthdays?

[James Lawlor]

No: HPFGUIDX 111013

Caspen:
> So, basically, you and James think that she's just picking birthdays
> at random  to satisfy and/or manipulate her fans?
James:
Well, I wouldn't say manipulate, but satisfy, perhaps. I guess another
way to put it would be she doesn't necessarily think it's important to
tell us, but she likes to anyway. It certainly wouldn't surprise me if
she did put thought into picking the birthdays - lining them up with
astrological signs and character traits and such, but it's not
something I would think of as important.

We know Harry's birthday is important to the plot, and Neville's as
well. Aside from that, I can't imagine that any others are crucial.
The birthdays of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and maybe Neville, Luna, and
Ginny will probably have some effect on the storyline in regards to
apparation licenses and coming of age (as mentioned elsewhere in the
thread), but aside from that, I'd say just for fun.

- James Lawlor
jlawlor at gmail.com