Snape culpable - and the Three-Part Interview?JKR 's consistent answers abou

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Magda:

> I would respectfully suggest that we stop regarding JKR's 
interviews
> as canon; they're marketing and she's just not going to tell us
> anything.  We'll have to wait a couple of years, that's all.
> 


Alla:

So far everything she said about Snape, ( in terms of his character 
of course, not in terms of giving out clues about  the plot) of 
course, turned out to be true, no?

She was talking about him as deeply horrible person and so far he 
looks like it ( to me of course).

I think that interviews  are pretty canonical, of course unless as 
she said she either misspokes or changes her mind about some plot 
details.

Sure interviews are marketing, but she said that she never lied in 
her interviews or even consciously misleaded us. I am inclined to  
believe her personally.

You mentioned her being surprised about people liking Draco in her 
previous interviews. Well, yes, she said the same thing in this one, 
right?

To my knowledge she never said that Draco is not going to be 
redeemed ( I can be wrong of course). I mean, I was shocked ( in a 
good way) by Draco's development, but she never said that Draco 
would be like this forever.

She did say that the worst is coming for him and I think that many 
bad things happened to him in this book, no? In fact, maybe even 
worse in store for him in book seven.


The dreaded SHIPing examples. She said flat out that she thinks that 
she gave  the big signs of which SHIPS will sail, but won't tell for 
sure till recently.


I guess what I am getting at is that I cannot remember her 
answering  any major questions inconsistently. I am not  talking 
about small plot details.

I think interviews could be considered canonical( unless they 
conradict the books in major way of course).

JMO,

Alla.