website and canon = Caution and Delight

[antoshachekhonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 98954

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Mandy" <ExSlytherin at a...> wrote:
> >drjuliehoward wrote:
> > Is JKR's new website considered canon, given that the other
> > books, chocolate frog cards, etc., are?
> 
> 
> Mandy here:
> I've been reading the whole thread on this and what we all have to 
> remember is:
> 
> REDHERINGS!!
> 
> All in the name of fun, of course.
> 
> But don't forget Jo loves to play with us. She wants to keep us 
> guessing and in doing so, is going to love feeding us tidbits that 
> are as likely to lead us down the wrong path as the right one.  Just 
> because she wants to debunk some rumors put out there by others, it 
> may not mean that she isn't going to start some of her own.
> 
> Didn't she say somewhere that one of her favorite authors was Agather 
> Christie? 
> 
> I think the site is definitely canon, but is also going to be full of 
> trapdoors, red hearings, maguffins and all manner or wonderful 
> tricks. I can't wait.
> 
> Way to go, Jo!

Antosha:

Well, now that you put it that way, of COURSE there are red herrings in there. It's what she 
does best--spread information and disinformation at the same time.

Speaking of favorite authors, did anyone else enjoy scanning the bookshelf in the links 
section?

Jane Austen, E. Nesbit, Katherine Mansfield, Dorothy L. Sayers (rather than Christie), Roddy 
Doyle.....

:-)