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

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 134970


> 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.
> 

Valky:
Hi Ladies, I'd like to add to the thoughts here, because this
particular topic has been on my mind recently.

The way I have chosen to see it is much as this: 
After getting my fingers burned on some interview canon myself
recently, (Not the H/Hr SHIP either, other things altogether) I was
admittedly a fragment tense for a while with the whole non-book canon
thing. Stopping only just short of swearing off HP musing altogether
at a stage, in my frustration with finding I felt hoodwinked and
dashed by interview/non-book canon on one too many occasions, I
considered the position of Jo, on giving away plots, in some depth. 

Although I agree with Alla, that it's fair to say Jo isn't out to
deliberately mislead us, I have to admit we chose to play this little
game among oursleves and Jo and we are all intelligent educated
adults. To wit, we are smart and informed so why should Jo go easy on
us. We outnumber her in droves, while she has the all important
answers so I'd say the match is pretty well even. 

So while it is fair to say that interview statements aren't deliberate
attempts to mislead us, I also agree with Magda, we should give them
some berth, I think, because Jo is well within her right to allow us
to misdirect ourselves a bit when we are close to getting the jump on
her plot.

Valky