[HPforGrownups] Uh, oh, do we have a FILNT?

[Maria]

No: HPFGUIDX 150727

On 4/8/06, quigonginger <quigonginger at yahoo.com> wrote:
> "One young Canadian boy earlier asked her how Dementors
> breed.
> "I was just so pleased that he thought about it and pleased that I
> had the answer," "
>
> The answer, according to the article is:
>
> "These evil creatures don't, by the way, breed but grow like a
> fungus where there is decay. "
>
> Pippin
>
>
> Back to now:
> In HBP, Fudge tells the British PM that the mist is caused by
> dementors breeding.  Hmm, so which is it?  Do we have a FLINT?  Or,
> since the original wasn't canon, is it actually a FLINT?  Or did JKR
> just change her mind?
>
> Can anyone justify the two statements?
>

Maria now:

I don't think they two statements are contradictory. The mists is the
consequence of the breeding, from that statement, the other one is the
way the reproduce, like a fungus. Maybe the mist is something she
thought of later, but it seems to me that she had already given some
thought to it when the first question was asked.

Anyway, just my opinion.

Maria - who rarely ever posts, but can't bring herself to work on her
thesis this morning