A BIAS in the Pensieve: A Batty Idea About Snape

[pippin_999]

> > Pippin:
> > snip>
> > If Snape is eventually revealed to have some vampire 
heritage,  we'll be able to see this answer as a teaser for those 
who  guessed which simultaneously preserved the shock for 
those  who consider it completely unthinkable. Very clever of 
JKR, if you  ask me.
> >

Kneasy:
> I'm afraid I wouldn't.
> I'd see it as a lie and a breach of the rules in the Q&A game.
> Her honesty and credibility would be shot to pieces.


Pippin:

Perhaps. But if JKR put the vampire clues in on purpose, then 
she would naturally assume the questioner was  aware of them 
and was being artful, knowing that a more direct question which 
cited the clues would be ignored.

  Would it be unfair of her to answer in kind? 

http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/thismorning/sites/books/rowli
ng_001023.html

Rowling: Mm hmm. I know exactly what's going to be in five, six 
and seven. And when I've finished that, then we can have the full 
and frank discussion, but until then, if I give full and frank 
answers I'm giving away things about the plot, so I don't want to 
do that.
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It's like a carnival game. It's rigged.  What makes it less of a 
cheat is that if you're paying any attention at all, you *know* it's 
rigged. It's hardly as easy to win a big stuffed bunny as it looks, 
but if you can figure out the gimmick, you have a chance.

Pippin