JKR's interviews about Snape and in general.

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:

> 
> I am not saying that the interviews would be hundred percent fool 
> proof, but I do think that she knows quite well where she is going 
> with Snape and when she does not refuse to answer  about his 
> character, I guess, I honestly do not understand how is it 
possible 
> to ignore it completely?

Marianne:
And they're not foolproof. In Part 3 of the recent TLC/Mugglenet 
interview she says that the Potters were in hiding at the time of 
Harry's christening.  But, back in 2004 in the Edinburgh Book 
Festival interview she said that, at that time, it "looked as if the 
Potters would have to go into hiding..."

Granted this example is probably not a big deal in the overall arc 
of the saga.  But it illustrates that some small details may have a 
bit of wiggle room.

However, I agree with you, Alla, that I don't think she is 
deliberately trying to mask what she thinks of her characters' 
traits in her interviews. Maybe, once the series is over, and JKR 
gives a massive follow-up interview to add the final touches on her 
authorial thoughts, we'll be able to sum it all up and decide, if 
what she has said about her characters jives with what she has 
written.  Somehow, I suspect we will all be able to find something 
that just doesn't fit!

Marianne