website and canon = Caution

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> <drjuliehoward at y...> wrote:
> > Is JKR's new website considered canon, given that the other books, 
> > chocolate frog cards, etc., are?
> > 
> > Julie
> 
> bboy_mn:
> 
> JKR's website isn't canon; it's canonish.
> 
> We have to be careful not to take everything as absolutely literal.
> JKR, like all people when they comminicate, makes generalization,
> snide comment, uses sarcasm, makes mild and sometimes subtly humorous
> comments, etc....
> 
> When JKR says Molly is a Prewett, then that is a fact. But when she
> says we can't use the endearing term 'Voldie' any more, I think we
> need to be careful. She is merely reminding us that Voldie is truly
> vicious and evil, and not a cute cuddly misunderstood 'bad boy'.
> 
> So, when tempered with restrianed enthusiasm, common sense, and
> applied intellect; yes, I think it can be taken as canon.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> bboy_mn


Antosha: 

I grant your point absolutely. Some of the language on the site is less than purely 
declarative; indeed, some of it is intentionally so.

Having granted that, the same could be said of the novels. They are rife with ambiguity, 
irony and puns. Does that make them canon-ish too?

;-)