Mystified by the new JKR FAQ Poll!

[antoshachekhonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 129779

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> What is wrong with this picture!!!  Who cares about the details of the
> communication by members of the Order?!  OK - I do.  But not as much
> as hearing JKR's comments on Occlumency.  With potential for
> explanations - as in WHY yes or no.  And if no, what has changed? 
> I.e., what was the point to begin with?  Plus, when does she EVER
> offer to talk about Snape.
> 
> And we already KNOW how members of the Order communicate: via that
> silver bird-looking (i.e. Pheonix-looking - as in Order of the
> Pheonix) stuff that Dumbledore sent from his wand to summon Hagrid -
> remember?  When he and Harry discovered the stunned Victor Krum in
> GoF?  So, we already know.
> 
> Please, for the love of - something - can someone explain this to me?
>    Or, at least, go vote for the Occlumency question?
> 
> Clearly over-reacting,
> Ceasia
> 
> Luckdragon
> 
> I think there is more to the communication thing than we think and JKR generally takes 
3 or more months to answer tha FAQ poll. The book will be out in about 6 weeks which 
means most of us will know the first 2 poll question answers before the poll is likely 
answered. Does this make sense?
> 
> 


Antosha:

Actually, I suppose it does. The interesting thing to me is that she bothered to post a new 
poll at all. None of the questions are THAT intriguing--the Occlumency one tickles my 
fancy a bit, but not more than that--and all of them will simply be answered by reading 
the book. I'm sure we'll be getting quite a bit of info on the mechanics of the Order's 
operations in HBP.

I think she will almost certainly answer this question more quickly than the last--she can 
be excused, since finishing a novel and birthing a baby will tend to take a bit out of one. 
So I'd bet we see this poll closed and an answer posted by early July.

Not that I would mind if she were to get started on book seven instead....