meta analysis of rumor section of JKR site

[Regina Olshan]

No: HPFGUIDX 98951

What I find most interesting in the site is not so
much the new info in the rumors section (I was not a
believer in any of the rumors that she busts) but the
attitude JKR displays towards them. The attitude seems
to come in three flavors:

1. legitimate or expected question: "is LP still
alive", "will there be prequels, "is
Crookshanks/animagus/kneazle", "does Lupin have a
twin", "will HP be MOM", "can prefects take points"
"questions re book names, sizes, timing, etc."

2. the answer is obvious/how can you ask in light of
info in the books: "is Dumbledore HP's grandfather",
"is HP/Voldermort or Slytherin descendant", "does H
like H or R"

3. outrage at the misunderstanding that such a view
could even be held by a reader: "was Lily a DE" "is
Neville PP's son"

It strikes me that the attitude underlying the
responses suggests that the darker or "more adult"
predictions, or ones involving betrayal by beloved
characters, or ones that contradict already laid down
information by explaining it away, are unlikely to be
true. Does anyone else get that impression or am I
getting carried away because this is more in tune with
my natural approach to the series?


	
		
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