JKR's opinon. was What JKR's up to

[a_reader2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 98682

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "abigailnus" <abigailnus at y...> 
wrote:  
> Because Harry Potter is essentially a work in progress, the fannish 
> reactions to it differ greatly from your average book fandom.  
(snip)
Sometimes we presume things about the future that turn out to be 
false...
> And sometimes we just disagree with JKR.
> 
> It's true that JKR knows things about her characters, including 
their futures, that we can't know.  
(snip)  However, until that canon exists, we can only react to the 
canon that we have.  So, shall we stop discussing characters that 
interest us?  Shall we stop taking an interest in those characters?  
Shall we stop feeling for them?
> 
> As you said, the fact that the HP books lend themselves to so many 
> interpretations, and that even their darkest characters have 
champions among the fans, is a tribute to the strength and quality of 
the work.  

Carolyn:
This is a great defence of theorising, and it reminds me of an 
apposite quote from Rose Macauley that I heard on the radio last 
night: 'You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, it 
makes them more interesting.'

I think discussion sites like this add immeasurably to what JKR has 
created, possibly adding a depth and resonance that she could only 
dream of. This isn't intended as a criticism of her books - novels 
are a passionate editing exercise in many ways - you have to choose 
what to leave out as much as what to put in..the reader's mind is 
left to fill in the gaps. 

Even when the series is finished, that will be the case: there will 
always be hot disputes as to what was intended, what *should* have 
happened etc. I hope JKR continues to observe all this with detached 
amusement. In any case, the genie is well and truly out of the 
bottle; I doubt if anyone, even our author, could control it now.