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10-04-2004, 09:42 PM
| | |  J.K.Rowling updates her website with FAQ answers and more!
J.K.Rowling has updated a few features on her site. They are, What did Dumbledore's Howler to Petunia mean?: Quote:
So: Dumbledore is referring to his last letter, which means, of course, the letter he left upon the Dursleys' doorstep when Harry was one year old. But why then (you may well ask) did he not just say 'remember my letter?' Why did he say my last letter? Why, obviously because there were letters before that…
Now let the speculation begin, and mind you type clearly, I'll be watching…
Obviously there were more letters before that - why would Dumbledore have sent Petunia/Vernon letters before Harry was taken to their house: possibly to warn them about Voldemort?!
She also answered the question of How old are Bill and Charlie?
Here is the rather confusing reply she gives: Quote:
Bill is two years older than Charlie, who is three years older than Percy, who is two years older than Fred and George, who are two years older than Ron, who is a year older than Ginny.
Percy, in PoA is 5 years older than Harry (as he's Head Boy that year) making him 18 by the end of it. Which means, as Harry was born in 1980, Percy respectively must have been born in 1975 making him 29 sometime this year. Charlie is three years older than him, making him 32 which makes Bill 34. This also fits as, using the description JK has given, we can deduce that Ginny is 24 as of 2004, which she is according to when JK celebrated Ginny's birthday on her site, a few months ago.
JK has also denied the rumor that she based Harry on her cousin 'Ben', in her Rubbish Bin. Quote:
He is not based on any of the men I have met during my lifetime who wore glasses, or any of the boys who had a scar somewhere on their face, or any of my friends who went to boarding school.
JK has also updated other sections in the FAQ including the following: In "Philosopher's Stone" Aunt Petunia says that Lily came back from Hogwarts with frog spawn in her pockets and turned teacups into rats. If this is true, why wasn't Lily expelled? Quote:
However, just like her son, Lily was not averse to testing the limits of the Statute of Secrecy, so you can safely assume she will have had a few warning letters – nothing too serious, though.
Did the character Hedvig in Henrik Ibsen's "The Wild Duck" influence the naming of Harry Potter's owl? Will there be two chapters in the sixth book called 'Lupin's Papers' and 'The Lovegoods in Court'? Quote:
No, that's another pile of Storgé, I'm afraid.
You say that people cannot Apparate or Disapparate within Hogwarts and yet Dobby manages it, why is this? Do you believe in fate? Why did you make the Leprechaun gold disappear in "Goblet of Fire" and Harry not notice? Quote:
Harry doesn't worry about money, because he's got enough of it. Ron, on the other hand, is poor, and he cannot imagine how it must be not to notice a pocketful of gold disappearing.
Are you going to kill any more characters? Peeves chews gum, how can he when he is a ghost? (Nearly Headless Nick can't eat). Why didn't Fred and George notice Peter Pettigrew on the Marauder's Map before ("Prisoner of Azkaban")? If a teacher is head of a house, can we assume that they were sorted into those houses when they were students at Hogwarts? Is that also true for the house ghosts? So was Snape a Slytherin? How did Colin's camera work inside Hogwarts if it was a Muggle camera ("Chamber of Secrets")? Do you like Sirius Black? Did James and Lupin switch bodies before James was killed? What is your advice to children who are being bullied?
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10-04-2004, 09:45 PM
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|  Scandinavian ModChimaera
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Great! Yes she finally updated! Quote:
Bill is two years older than Charlie, who is three years older than Percy, who is two years older than Fred and George, who are two years older than Ron, who is a year older than Ginny.
LOL go JK! She loves to do stuff
like that! 
And about DD's letters ...they must have been about Voldemort etc. Petunia did know about the Dementors...
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10-04-2004, 10:25 PM
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| | Jobberknoll
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It looks like she also answered some of the questions in the mugglenet/Lexicon open letter. Although i do have to say that some of the questions asked seem pretty obvious what the answer is going to be. I also learnt alot. I was especially surprised when she was asked if there were going to be any more deaths and she answered yes. I though that she probably would of said something like we'd have to wait and find out knowing J.K and her world of blinding mystery.
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10-04-2004, 10:37 PM
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| | Horklump
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Finaly!  i am very glad she updated thanks for telling us!
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10-04-2004, 10:40 PM
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It's great than she's gotten around to an update. Wish they would given us the release date for HBP. I did enjoy the bits of news.
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10-04-2004, 10:49 PM
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I have been waiting for this...
:eagerly reads:
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10-04-2004, 10:52 PM
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I'm glad she answered some of the questions on the open letter from Mugglenet. Although most people already assumed that Snape was in Slytherin. Quote:
Are you going to kill anymore characters? Yes. Sorry.
Nooo!!!!! Not again. I wonder who's going to die this time? Better not be Hagrid. *shakes fist* I'm thinking either Dumbledore or Ron. Perhaps Voldemort? Quote:
Did James and Lupin switch bodies before James was killed?
That's an odd question. I never thought of that before. But like she said, James was no coward. He wasn't going to let his wife and son die while he fled. Quote:
Do you like Sirius Black?
Who doesn't? She said that he loved James like a brother, then went on to love Harry like one but I always thought that Sirius never really understood that James was gone. He let Harry take James's place as his best friend. Then after awhile he thought of them as the same person. As odd as that sounds, I think he was really confused. Especially in Ootp.
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10-04-2004, 10:55 PM
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| Waffling Chizpurfle
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maybe people who are being bullied will listen to JKR and get some help....
That was a good thing to ask...
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10-04-2004, 11:46 PM
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Ooh those are fascinating answers... it makes me wonder 
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10-04-2004, 11:47 PM
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So: Dumbledore is referring to his last letter, which means, of course, the letter he left upon the Dursleys' doorstep when Harry was one year old. But why then (you may well ask) did he not just say 'remember my letter?' Why did he say my last letter? Why, obviously because there were letters before that…
Now let the speculation begin, and mind you type clearly, I'll be watching…
For some reason, a theory just popped in my head, and it is wierd but it kinda makes sense. What if Dumbledore had tried to keep Harry from coming to Hogwarts, but some old Hogwarts magic (the magic that sends the letters to the students) kept sending letters to Harry. The letter Dumbledore could have sent to Petunia after the first one with harry but before the howler, could have explained what to do to try and keep harry safe, away from the wizarding world, so that he didn't have to face Voldemort. I dont know if any of this makes sense to anyone else, but it sure does fit in my head!!
EDIT: Has anyone found any of the new easter eggs she talked about??
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10-05-2004, 01:02 AM
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| | Dragon
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Yay! She finally updated! I'm upset about her killing more people off.... I hope it isn't Hagrid.
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10-05-2004, 01:44 AM
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dude, what is the rubbish bin?? i've never seen it on her site
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10-05-2004, 01:54 AM
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yay, updates! went through reading them all. easter eggs? think you have to gather ingredients again, i went back to the rubbish bin (i think) and cracked the pen and you know how it leaks into a picture... but im not sure if its the same as the last hint she gave us, cuz i have extremely bad memory, but its worth a try to do it again lol. except i cant find anything...
okay, this is killing me. i found another ingredients list thingy and i still cant find anything... =( Quote:
dude, what is the rubbish bin?? i've never seen it on her site
you know how she's got all those gum wrappers? one of them is a link to her rubbish bin. its off towards the right, near that coffee cup that says "extra stuff"
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10-05-2004, 02:08 AM
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10-05-2004, 02:09 AM
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*ponders* Interesting stuff...
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10-05-2004, 02:39 AM
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Thats really nice she's found time to update, good questions, some ick!!
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10-05-2004, 03:52 AM
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I've had a thoroughly crappy day... I logged on to her site, found the update, and now everything is good! I'm so happy to see she's updated! There's some great bits of information in there.
Although, her bit about Sirius has left a funny feeling in my stomach. *pats him* My poor baby.
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10-05-2004, 10:31 AM
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Originally Posted by LilRavenclaw Yay! She finally updated! I'm upset about her killing more people off.... I hope it isn't Hagrid. Well don't be too upset. We don't know which character she'll kill off. It could be Voldemort and that wouldn't be bad would it?
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10-05-2004, 11:00 AM
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cool she updated her site but im sad that shes gonna kill more characters *snff*
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10-05-2004, 11:33 AM
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Excellent post Emma!
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10-05-2004, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by rongranger EDIT: Has anyone found any of the new easter eggs she talked about?? Hmm I havent heard of those...
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10-05-2004, 11:49 AM
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Hmm...she always gets me thinking. Thats not a good thing lol I think one person will die in each book, well "common character" thats kinda the trend that has been happening so far I think.
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I can't believe it... I checked in the AM... thanks for letting us know! I love it when she gives more information! It's like 'crumbs' before her next book comes out! 
And it's obvious, with Voldemort back, that someone will die.... especially since both Harry and Voldemort can't both live! (Surely Voldemort will die in the end... we can all hope!) Let's hope she reserves most deaths to the deatheaters! 
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10-05-2004, 11:59 AM
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| | Faerie
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yea ive seen it all
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10-05-2004, 12:14 PM
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| | Ramora
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yay! I love it when she updates! I just wish she'd tell us when HBP is out.
I think easter eggs refer to mistakes in the book..and not actual easter eggs.
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