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[heidi]

So, recent discussions about readings of the HP series have brought to my attention the fact that a lot of people here may not have read the two 2001 schoolbooks that JKR wrote for Comic Relief UK. In a few days, I'll explain more of the why behind this post, but I don't want to skew the results, so I won't at this point. If you've read the six HP books, or regularly read HP fanfic, I'd appreciate it if you took this poll:

[Poll #717127]

Comments

[gehayi.livejournal.com]

See, I don't consider the interviews to be canon at all. I consider them to be commentary on canon, which is not at all the same thing.

As for the movies...I think of bookverse and movieverse as being parallel universes. Having only seen the first two movies (and having no desire to see the last two), I try to ignore the movies and operate strictly in bookverse. Because I actually HAVE the books.

[edenfalling]

Well, yes, most of the interviews are commentary and opinion, which I feel free to ignore. But now and then she'll drop a 'fact,' so to speak -- like people's full names -- and those I do pay attention to. (Um. And by 'interviews' I seem to mean 'interviews and website entries.' I should try to be more precise.)

As for the movies, I saw the first three, didn't see the fourth, and have no particular urge to hunt it down. When they give concrete form to something that wasn't mentioned in the books, and which doesn't actively contradict the books -- like Lucius Malfoy's appearance, beyond pale, blond, cruel, and disdainful -- then I consider it fair game for incorporation into book canon. Beyond that, they're ignorable.