how interesting!

wow I can't wait for more of these to come out!!!

his was cool! i agree with the dracos wife thing

In regards to the whole situation, I'm going to quote Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead, who said this regarding the censorship of music (Anyone old enough to remember Tipper Gore's PMRC?) :lol: This was said in the mid-late 1980's:

"Everybody is scared of something these days, no matter what you're doing to do it's going to offend somebody. There are people out there just [I]dying[I] to get offended, LOOKING to be offended, writing things down in notebooks to be offended."

And this scares the mess out of me with regards to JK's revelation. Yes, debate on this topic has been spirited, but on here, at least, I haven't read anything that's offended me. (Although there are some posts that almost make me feel guilty for not agreeing with what JK did. Yes, I am a Harry Potter fan, but I also have my own beliefs, which may not run parallel to others' beliefs. It doesn't make me closed minded) But NOW, the real reactionary idiots are going to be going through every single book with a fine-toothed comb just LOOKING for any phrase they can interpret into something disgusting, when JKR did not mean it to be. An example? Look at Dumbledore's conversation with Harry after Sirius's death in OOTP. on IMDB someone had said this is going to be the one that most of the people who think we live in 1939 Germany are going to pour under the microscope. WHen he talks about why he didn't tell Harry about the Prophecy, he says he "cared too much" about Harry and wanted him to be safe. For the fans, that's an old man saying that he felt like Harry had been through enough without having this extra burden put on his shoulders. To the kinds of people who have been crusading against these books from day one, that's ammunition in their twisted guns. Then, when he was explaining why he avoided Harry's eyes & didn't teach him Occlumency himself, he made a remark to the effect of Voldemort discovering that the relationship they had was "Closer than that of a teacher and a student", or something to that degree. Again, I'm guessing the majority of Potter fans would say that phrase can be taken as saying "Voldemort would realize that I love you like a son, and would use you to get to me or vice/versa", but I don't want to even think what kind of "conclusions" the concerned citizens of this world will draw from a phrase with such blatant homosexual undertones (I am speaking as if I'm one of them with that remark, NOT for myself...does that mke sense?)

I'm sorry for being long-winded, and I still think JKR could have answered the question honestly without going into such detail, but I truly think in this case her honesty may have backfired to a certain degree.

Great interview. Now some of the question in my head answer...About dumbledore it was surprising... really, When I see it in the news this afternoon I was so shock, even my father shock to even though he is not fan of Harry Potter.

This was a great interview! I hope someone gets wise in the future to ask her about Draco, as well. :)

Draco was married to some hard faced girl and had a kid named Scorpius or am I going completly nutters?

YAYAYAYAY!!!! YES NEVILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO NEVVY GO NEVVY! sad that its not Luna but looking back why didnt i see it? Hannahs perfect!

This is so very awesome. Because of this, I'm learning a lot of new stuff about our lovely characters we did not know before.

the Dumbledore part shocked me a bit. This is not the first time I read about it. I first read it in a magazine. There was a gay journalist who was giving his comments. Dumbledore is an amazing character and him being gay does justify him a bot when thinking about Grindelwald, but it's still too hard to believe for me. Him being gay is such a big part of his personality and I think she should've mentioned it in the book, but I'm kind of glad we know this important piece of information. It does explain a lot. What I regret is that this kind of info may evoke a lot of critisism. To us, HP fans, it's just more info about one of our beloved characters, but to those who hate this books, which I honestly don't understand, this is all the more reason. When I think about that I just think that she should've have left Dubmledore rest in peace.


Snape is to me a GOOD guy. There's no question. He is vindictive and bitter, like J.K. said, but who wouldn't be if he was so deeply in love. To see his rival get his girl must've hurt like hell.

Neville married! I knew he would find his girl, I just didn't think it would be Hannah.

Oh, and I just wanted to say GO MOLLY!!!!!

Aya