If Mark Evans is nobody who is Megan Jones?
jotwo2003
jsummerill at summerillj.freeserve.co.uk
Tue Jul 6 22:19:57 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 104678
I posted this ages ago but thoght it worth re-posting it after JKR
confirmed that Mark Evans is not significant.
"In chapter 3 of OOP the reader meets an Order member called Hestia
Jones. To be honest, as she didn't have much of a part I'd forgotten
all about her.
Then I was looking at the screen caps of JKR's student list and I
spotted Megan Jones. I then wondered if there was a connection.
I thought I'd come up with a new theory. But then I checked Yahoo
and fan fiction alley and spotted one post raising this possibility.
(They suggested too that she could be the weakest link in the Order
because she's underdeveloped and could have a bigger role later.
Also it's suggested that she could be leant on to protect Megan.)
But I don't think any link has been discussed much.
It does seem that they could be related. Megan Jones is down as a
half blood Hufflepuff. Hestia Jones, from her name, and the fact
that she was laughing at a potato peeler, is presumably a pureblood.
Perhaps she's Megan's mother.
(BTW Hestia was the Greek goddess of the home and hearth. That makes
her sound friendly and home-loving. It also made me wonder if she
has something to do with the Floo network, but that might be too
similar to Marietta's mother.)
I'm sure that child readers and non-fan adult readers won't have paid
much attention to Hestia Jones. I'm convinced that they don't know
that a character called Megan Jones has been planned.
Funnily enough, the possible Jones and Jones relationship made me
wonder about Mark Evans. Most fans are speculating about if he's
related to Lily or not. Perhaps he is a red herring after all.
Maybe JKR wants Harry and the reader to think he's a relation, and
then she will demonstrate that he is not. Then, if two characters
with the same surname are mentioned in canon, the reader will go,
huh, won't fall for that one again, and this time they will be
related."
Well, I was right that Mark Evans might not be important, although
JKR was not being crafty. I wonder if Jones and Jones will turn out
to be connected.
JoTwo
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