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09-25-2008, 05:36 PM
| | |  J.K. Rowling talks Death Veil in new interview
As part of her two-day interview with Harry, A History author Melissa Anelli, J.K. Rowling spoke about the infamous veil in the Department of Mysteries and various characters' (as well as Daniel Radcliffe's) reactions to it: Quote: JKR: Everyone wanted to go beyond the veil.
MA: This is very canon-based, but there are some things that as a fan, there are things I just gotta know. A lot of fans see the veil as that separation -
JKR: It's the divide between life and death. I tried to do a nod to that in The Tale of Three Brothers - she was separate from them as though through a veil. You can't go back if you pass through that veil, you cannot come back. Or you can't come back in any form that will make either person happy anyway.
But when they surround that veil [in Order of the Phoenix], I was trying to show that depending on their degree of skepticism or belief about what lay beyond - because Luna, of course, is a very skeptical character. Luna believes firmly in an afterlife. She's very clear on that. And she feels them speaking or hears them speaking much more clearly than Harry does. This is the idea of faith. Harry thinks he can hear them; he's drawn on. But Harry's had a life that has been so imbued with death that he now has an uncharacteristically strong curiosity about the afterlife, especially for a boy of 15, as he is in Phoenix. Ron's just scared, as I think Ron would be - he just knows this is something he doesn't want to dabble with. Hermione, hyper-rational Hermione - 'can't hear anything, get away from the Veil.' So if you walk through the veil, you're dead. You're dead. What you find on the other side, well, that's the question.
Do I believe you go on? Yes, I do believe you go on. I do believe in an afterlife, although I'm absolutely doubt-ridden and always have been but there you are.
I had not anticipated, though really I should have done, how interested people would be to go beyond the veil. And lots of people, including Dan [Radcliffe], wanted to go through the veil. But then that shouldn't surprise me because teenagers are very interested.
MA: Dan sort of does get to go beyond the veil.
JKR: Yeah, he does, but not literally through the veil
MA: Not charging through. Ginny, Ginny can hear it because she's been...
JKR: I think women are more likely to hear than men. [Ginny and Harry] really are soulmates. I think she's like Harry. She's got an intellectual curiosity and she's got something of belief. Hermione [is] totally rational. "Let's all back away from the Veil and let's pretend we heard nothing."
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09-25-2008, 09:54 PM
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That was so interesting! That was like one of the questions that didn't get answered in DH and was just killing me with curiousity: Why couldn't they all hear beyond the veil? Finally it's been answered  How awesome would it be to just spend a whole day with JK and ask her all sorts of questions and Harry Potter that wasn't actually in the books? Poor Hermione, too rational for her own good  Great interview though 
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09-25-2008, 10:06 PM
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I always wanted to know more about that.
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Curiouser and curiouser....
Great interview!
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09-25-2008, 11:23 PM
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that really does explain a lot of stuff...
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09-26-2008, 12:22 AM
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this is a topic I have always wanted to know more about....finally, more info on it....cannot wait for this book.
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09-26-2008, 12:34 AM
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She didn't mention the fact that Sirius was more or less killed by drapery  but it was great to hear her go back to the Veil and explain everyone's reactions to it. HOWEVER, either it was transcribed wrong, or JK slipped, because in her answer, first part, she says: because Luna, of course, is a very skeptical character.
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09-26-2008, 03:53 AM
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interesting,very interesting!
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09-26-2008, 05:41 AM
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I'm so happy she talked about the veil, i've always been really curious about it.
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Amazing interview. Full of interesting views of the characters.
I'd like to think i could hear the voices!
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09-26-2008, 09:33 AM
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wow, i havnt seen an interview my JKR that was tthis interesting for a while now..thank you!!
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09-26-2008, 09:59 AM
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Finally!!! Stuff we've been wanting to know for years and years! Best piece of news in a long time!
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 I guess i am a bit of hermione and luna in the veil sense!but it's cool she explained this whole bit,was rather confusing back then in 2003 when i read it.
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09-26-2008, 12:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ladycplum  She didn't mention the fact that Sirius was more or less killed by drapery but it was great to hear her go back to the Veil and explain everyone's reactions to it. HOWEVER, either it was transcribed wrong, or JK slipped, because in her answer, first part, she says: because Luna, of course, is a very skeptical character. Yes....I wondered about that as well. Seems contradictory. Luna is more accepting of the unknown and unusual. Hermione is skeptical due to her cautious nature.
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09-26-2008, 01:30 PM
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WoW I never Thought Of It Like That! It's Crazy How SomeThing like That Can Have So many Meanings! Personally It Makes me Feel Bad for Hermione In A Way Because of How Rational her Character Really is.
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09-27-2008, 02:37 PM
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very interesting, and Jo is right, most teenagers would like to got through the veil, I know I would like to
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12-25-2008, 04:39 PM
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Cool Interveiw~!
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