JKR's interviews WAS: Snape's canon opposite/ Proving loyalty

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> zgirnius:
> I'm not so sure, and it contributes to my unwillingness to rely 
muchh 
> on interviews. I do seem to recall she has made comments about 
Draco 
> before HBP came out which were along the lines of the Snape comment 
I 
> refer to above. And yet (to me at least) Draco has become a much 
more 
> interesting and sympathetic character than before the book came 
out. 


Alla:

Oh, good that you brought up Draco. She actually remained VERY 
consistent in her comments about him, no?

In her July 16, Interview she again expresses the same sentiments 
about Draco as she was prior to  HBP came out.

And I think the book supports it. Now, I agree with you - Draco 
became more interesting character than I ever hoped him to be, but 
someone who tried to assasinate the Headmaster and  in the process 
almost killed two students is as far from my picture of the "nice 
guy" as it can ever be.

Draco did not have the stomach for killing , that is all. He MAYBE 
did his first choice which MAY lead him to the Light or not, IMO.
So JKR is still perfectly consistent,w hen she expresses pusslement 
about the love for Draco, IMO.




> 
> zgirnius:
> Oh yes, I too am sure she does know where she is going with Snape. 
> Everything I have read her saying about him, though, seems to me to 
be 
> consistent with preserving the ambiguity and possibilities which 
(IMO) 
> she has so carefully written into the books. 


Alla:

I agree - ambiguities about Snape related plot development , even 
about what Snape will turn out to be  at the end - Loyal to the Light 
or not, BUT I disagree that she leaves much ambiguity about Snape 
character.


> 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.


Alla:

Oh, sure SMALL details she can forget, get confused, change her mind 
later as she said herself.

But her views on the characters? I seriously doubt it.

You know, I keep asking this question  and this is especially for 
those who do not believe the interviews,so please feel free to ignore 
it. :-)

Could someone give me ONE example, where JKR lied to us in the 
interviews? Not forgot the numbers, but where plot or character 
development went contrary to what she said in the interview.



Marianne: 
> 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.

Alla:

Yep, thank you. :-)


JMO of course,

Alla.