JKR stands for Just Kidding, Really

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> Pippin wrote:
> 
> I've claimed that Jo sometimes  tries to fool us in her dealings 
> with the fans, for example, by confirming that Wormtail killed 
> Cedric when, as I maintain, there are two characters using that 
> name. I've been challenged to find an example of Jo deliberately 
> misleading her fans, and now we have it. 
> 
> Her Christmas card states that she was just kidding when she 
> said on her website that HBP was racing her third child into the 
> world -- and she admits in her latest news that the book has 
> been complete for a while (she said it was a weighty secret that 
> it was finished.)
> 
> So, she does fool us, and I stand by my theories: there are two 
> Wormtails, one of whom is ESE!Lupin, and Snape, if he does not 
> have links to vampires now, had them formerly.

Neri:
I'd think that there's a difference between fooling us about a 
question like when was HBP finished, and fooling us regarding the 
plot. Especially since JKR didn't have to tell us that Wormtail 
killed Cedric or that Snape has no connection with vampires. She 
could have simply ignored these questions and save herself the need 
to lie.

I personally believe that she sometimes lies to us when saying how 
much she liked the movies (she was probably told that thousands will 
lose their jobs if they fail) but I'd be very disappointed if she 
lies to us about the plot.

But on a second thought, I agree that things would be MUCH more 
interesting if JKR is fooling us. Specifically, this might very well 
mean that:

1. Lupin switched bodies with James before GH (as I proved here 
before).

2. Voldemort is Harry's grandfather.

3. Harry is the HBP.

4. Lily was a DE .

5. Crookshanks is an animagus.

6. Book 6 is actually called "Harry Potter and Toenail of Icklibögg" 
(Ha! Fooled you! You all thought it's going to be "Harry Potter and 
the Half-Blood Prince").

> 
> Pippin
> whose comprehensive ESE!Lupin essay is racing the Accio 
> deadline

Neri:
Congratulations! But I hope submitting it to the Accio doesn't mean 
you are not allowed to publish it here as well?

BTW, stating in the Accio that JKR can fool her readers in her 
website may lead to an amusing result: JKR might hear about it and 
deny in her website that she is fooling us, but the fans will just 
say that she is fooling us again.

Neri