Red Herrings and Reconciliation

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 173598



Estelle: "I had a few points that I wondered if anyone else noticed?
Not the least of which is whether JKR was thinking about (or  rather
criticizing) the 11 plus when Dumbledore says he thinks they  sort too
soon. This sort of realization that people can have latent  gifts and
talents and 11 is too young an age to be streaming. And  really, the
four houses provide a unique set up for streaming by  supposed
personality (a system I'm sure myers-briggs would be  fascinated
by
)."

I took it as the kind of musings that intelligent people have pondering
systems that can never be perfect. The Sorting Hat sees into the minds
and hearts of its subjects better than Myers or Briggs could dream of.

If I ran Hogwarts, I would rather end Slytherin House than leave it as a
pariah or as a "suspect" house.

Estelle: "We're left to wonder (assuming an afterlife)- will Lily
forgive  Snape in the afterlife, is there reconciliation between them?
Is  there reconciliation and forgiveness between he and the
marauders?"

The afterlife - the "on" -  is unknowable, and I think JKR was
wise to leave it so.

You speak of the frustration of the many, many threads JKR left hanging
out of the tapestry. There are endless stories left to tell in this
universe, and we're going to tell them, which leads to a prediction:
Within a year or two, there will be officially sanctioned volumes of
fiction written by us, the fans, published by Bloomsbury / Scholastic
et. al., perhaps selected and even introduced by JKR. There's plenty
of precedent for it.

Jim Ferer