meta analysis of rumor section of JKR site

[probonoprobono]

No: HPFGUIDX 98970

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Regina Olshan 
<rolshan2000 at y...> wrote:
> 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?
>

probono:

I think anything in which JK did not give a crystal clear yes/no 
answer to is an evasive tactic and highly suspect.

Just my .02. ;D