CHAT TRANSCRIPT OMG YES!
Mar. 4th, 2004 07:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
heidiYou can find the transcript of her online chat from this morning here: http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/extras/JKRWorldBookDay2004.html - Melissa is a goddess and posted it about as soon as it was done!
It includes gems like Hermione, Ginny & Ron's middle names, why she can't say what Snape's Boggart and Patronus are (I'd bet they're both James!), bits about Draco, Sirius, Moody and more!
(And if your're looking for FA's discussion thread, it's right here: http://www.fictionalley.org/fictionalleypark/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56148 )
What houses were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter and Remus Lupin in? Everyone tells me they were all Gryffindor, but I won't believe it unless I hear it from Ms. Rowling herself!
JK Rowling says: This is JK herself saying that they were indeed in Gryffindor!
Heidi comment: Erm. What about Wormtail? WHY didn't the t00b ask that, too?
hermione 3: Will Harry and Hermione will be together? *sight*
JK Rowling replies -> lol Not saying... but you've had enough clues by now, surely?!
Heidi comment: Haha! She uses double punctuation marks!
Sirius Kase: Will we get to know the Grangers? Is Hermione an only child?
JK Rowling replies -> I always planned that Hermione would have a younger sister but she's never made an appearance and somehow it feels like it might be too late now.
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lizardlaugh: I love Tonks, she's my favorite new character. Will she play a large role in future books and/or in Harry's life?
JK Rowling replies -> Tonks is hanging around. I really like her, too.
Heidi comment: : jumps on Harry/Tonks ship
Chibimono: Do you have any future plans in particular for Draco Malfoy?
JK Rowling replies -> I've got plans for all my characters. Actually, this is a really good place to answer a question about Draco and Hermione, which a certain Ms. Radcliffe is desperate to have answered. Will they end up together in book six/seven? NO! The trouble is, of course, that girls fancy Tom Felton, but Draco is NOT Tom Felton!
Heidi Comment: notice she didn't say anything about GETTING together, just ENDING
UP together, and she said in BOOK SIX/SEVEN, which clearly does not
incorporate the world AFTER BOOK SEVEN.
RIGHT?
It includes gems like Hermione, Ginny & Ron's middle names, why she can't say what Snape's Boggart and Patronus are (I'd bet they're both James!), bits about Draco, Sirius, Moody and more!
(And if your're looking for FA's discussion thread, it's right here: http://www.fictionalley.org/fictionalleypark/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56148 )
What houses were Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, James Potter and Remus Lupin in? Everyone tells me they were all Gryffindor, but I won't believe it unless I hear it from Ms. Rowling herself!
JK Rowling says: This is JK herself saying that they were indeed in Gryffindor!
Heidi comment: Erm. What about Wormtail? WHY didn't the t00b ask that, too?
hermione 3: Will Harry and Hermione will be together? *sight*
JK Rowling replies -> lol Not saying... but you've had enough clues by now, surely?!
Heidi comment: Haha! She uses double punctuation marks!
Sirius Kase: Will we get to know the Grangers? Is Hermione an only child?
JK Rowling replies -> I always planned that Hermione would have a younger sister but she's never made an appearance and somehow it feels like it might be too late now.
And of course, go
lizardlaugh: I love Tonks, she's my favorite new character. Will she play a large role in future books and/or in Harry's life?JK Rowling replies -> Tonks is hanging around. I really like her, too.
Heidi comment: : jumps on Harry/Tonks ship
Chibimono: Do you have any future plans in particular for Draco Malfoy?
JK Rowling replies -> I've got plans for all my characters. Actually, this is a really good place to answer a question about Draco and Hermione, which a certain Ms. Radcliffe is desperate to have answered. Will they end up together in book six/seven? NO! The trouble is, of course, that girls fancy Tom Felton, but Draco is NOT Tom Felton!
Heidi Comment: notice she didn't say anything about GETTING together, just ENDING
UP together, and she said in BOOK SIX/SEVEN, which clearly does not
incorporate the world AFTER BOOK SEVEN.
RIGHT?
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Date: 2004-03-04 04:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 04:23 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 04:27 am (UTC)(btw, have friended you, as I keep on coming across your erudite contributions in friends' journals)
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Date: 2004-03-04 04:32 am (UTC)One interview says 1000.
Yet it is now confirmed that there are definitely 10 in Harry's year in Gryffindor, which suggests 280 students.
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Date: 2004-03-04 05:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 05:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 08:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 10:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 05:44 am (UTC)But the Bill/Charlie age thing is going to give me major fits - I am very bothered. It completely changes the way I have thought about the Weasley family dynamic and throws me for a real loop.
Where did we get the idea that Bill was a near-cohort to the Marauders, anyway? Does anyone remember? I remember looking this up again just a few months ago but I've forgotten again. *sigh*
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Date: 2004-03-04 05:57 am (UTC)The info on Quidditch has given the ages. In PoA we learn that it is seven years since Gryff last won the Cup. It is heavily implied, if not stated, that Charlie was the Seeker then.
The only way to make all this consistent is, thinking while typing, that Charlie only played Seeker as a second/third year [we are told elsewhere that Harry is the youngest in ages and that first years do not play]. However this does not explain the comments about how good Charlie was and how highly he was considered.
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Date: 2004-03-04 06:11 am (UTC)It's actually bad on its face, b/c if Charlie is two years older than Percy, that means that he should be in his 7th year when Ron is in his 1st. That means his genius seeking couldn't have happened in his 2nd year, or he'd still be there. If it happened in his 3rd year, he's just left Hogwarts in time for Ron to start, but I think that bumps the Cup interval down to 6 years. I think that's right - it needs to be checked.
Sorting this is all the proof I need that the Weasleys have too many children.
Thanks, Simon.
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Date: 2004-03-04 06:20 am (UTC)The years since they last won the Quid Cup depends on exactly how it was phrased. If it says that they last won the cup seven attempts ago then it would be Charlie's third year, else his second.
-7 - Charlie start at Hogwarts
-6 - Charlie becomes Gryff Seeker
-5 - Gryff win Quid Cup, with Charlie as Seeker
-4 - Percy starts at Hogwarts
-3
-2 - Twins start at Hogwarts
-1 - Charlie leaves
PS
CoS
PA - Gryff win Quid Cup
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Date: 2004-03-04 06:42 am (UTC)It's mornings like this when I really miss coffee. Tea is a weak substitute for a caffeine jolt. I should know not to try to solve any problems more complicated than "where are my shoes?" before 9 am. Thanks. :)
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Date: 2004-03-04 06:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 06:57 am (UTC)I hate that my mad maths skillz have gone the way of the dodo, and actually I'm happy to blame it on the caffeine. Would you believe that it was my minor? And that my BS is in Physics? *sobs for the time when I could think in a straight line instead of big loops and swirls*
Am feeling all Draco defender-y, so misunderstood!Draco is today's icon.
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Date: 2004-03-04 10:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 10:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 04:26 am (UTC)Sirius Black, widely regarded as Voldemort's heir apparent, and probably the most infamous 'apparent' Death Eater, was a Gryffindor.
Doesn't the second undermine the weight of the first statement, a tad? ;-)
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Date: 2004-03-04 07:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 05:25 am (UTC)You're such a tinhat!
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Date: 2004-03-04 05:54 am (UTC)Hmmm, lots to think about.....
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Date: 2004-03-04 05:55 am (UTC)You rock on with your denial, Heidi. I suspect that there will be many of us with you in happy "but they really luuuuuurrrve each other" land once it's all said and done.
The good news is, we will probably qualify for a bulk discount on our medication. We may be able to save the prescription drug industry. :)
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Date: 2004-03-04 12:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 06:04 am (UTC)UP together, and she said in BOOK SIX/SEVEN, which clearly does not
incorporate the world AFTER BOOK SEVEN.
RIGHT?
:brings Heidi a nice cup of tea and shakes her head. :-)
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Date: 2004-03-04 06:24 am (UTC)UP together, and she said in BOOK SIX/SEVEN, which clearly does not
incorporate the world AFTER BOOK SEVEN.
RIGHT?
Right! Right, dammit!
Sighs. I'm disappointed in her. Didn't she use to say that she didn't want to answer questions like that, because it would ruin the fan sites? Why did she change her mind?
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Date: 2004-03-04 08:07 am (UTC)If Hermione and Harry get married and she takes his name, they'll have the same initials!
Your friendly H/Hr,
Elia
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Date: 2004-03-04 09:22 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 08:50 am (UTC)UP together, and she said in BOOK SIX/SEVEN, which clearly does not
incorporate the world AFTER BOOK SEVEN.
RIGHT?
Works for me. :)
Dorotea
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Date: 2004-03-04 08:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 02:59 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 09:23 am (UTC)But she also said that she doesn't think anyone is born evil, so there is hope for Draco redemption yet!
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Date: 2004-03-04 10:53 am (UTC)UP together, and she said in BOOK SIX/SEVEN, which clearly does not
incorporate the world AFTER BOOK SEVEN.
RIGHT?
Poor Heidi. When there is never, ever a scrap of Draco/Hermione anywhere in the books and JKR confirms that the day they get together after their schooling will be a very cold day in hell, do promise you won't become addicted to butterbeer? We still need you!
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Date: 2004-03-04 11:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-03-04 12:16 pm (UTC)UP together, and she said in BOOK SIX/SEVEN, which clearly does not
incorporate the world AFTER BOOK SEVEN.
RIGHT?
:D Right!!
Actually, I've always shipped Draco/Hermione without actually thinking that JK would put them in the books, so having her say this doesn't bother me at all, really. Perhaps it's because I, being the t00by H/D shipper that I am, am used to dealing with ships that probably won't come to pass in canon.
But yes. You have a v. good point there. *beams*
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Date: 2004-03-04 03:53 pm (UTC)*runs away to read the rest of the transcript before Heidi sees the comment*
Draco/Pansy 4evah
Yes
Date: 2004-03-05 04:47 pm (UTC)Anyway,Heidi, I'm a big huge fan of "Surfeit of Curses" and I think you should let FA go to hell so you can finish it. You are a goddess of D/Hr!