Mark Evans – the next theory to be shot down by JKR?

[nkafkafi]

No: HPFGUIDX 98535

In JKR's new website:
http://www.jkrowling.com/

if you click the F.A.Q (the paper clips), then click "about the 
books" (envelope at the right), then at a note half hidden to the 
left of the FAQ list, then on "F.A.Q. poll". You will get a poll for 
the next question to ask JKR (I don't think this poll is available on 
the text version of the site). As I type this, the leading question 
in the poll (47%) is:

"What is the significance, if any, of Mark Evans?"

This is not a chat. Here it is JKR herself who decides which 
questions to present. It is not likely she will submit a question 
only to refuse answering it, or waste a possible surprise in the 
book. This means she is probably going to shoot down the theory of 
Mark Evans being related to Lily, although she might give us a story 
about why she had used this name in the first place. Of course, we'll 
have to wait and see, but if you are Mark's fans, you should probably 
prepare yourself to be disappointed.

More generally, it seems that one of JKR's objectives in the new site 
is to shoot down false theories that have gained too much momentum in 
the fan sites. There is also some wakeup call for H/H shippers who, 
while admitting there is enough evidence in canon that Ron fancies 
Hermione, still deny that there is any evidence for Hermione being 
attracted to Ron. For them JKR included the FAQ:

"Does Hermione love Ron or Harry?"

and JKR answers:

"I can't believe that some of you haven't worked this one out yet, 
but I'm not going to answer because that would spoil the arguments, 
which I enjoy."

Like JKR, I find it hard to believe that some readers didn't work 
this out, but if any shippers out there still want to believe in H/H, 
I guess they still can.

Neri