Credible information about New book...

[Taylor]

Ok,
This is the time of year, just before the book comes out that the world seems to go wild with rumors about what is going to happen, who is going to die etc.

Well, I have news of intrest and it is credible.

UNLESS YOU HEAR IT FROM JK IT ISN'T SO.

JK has a website that is filled with information, games, eastereggs, and cool stuff, and one of the things she keeps repeating over and over is, DON'T believe things that you hear from other sources. (remember the number of names that the new book came out with - things like the Pillar of Storge, The green Flame, etc.

Speculation is fine.

There are alot of things that JK has put on her website that are open to speculation.

1. Fudge is replaced as MOM.
Actually, if you check out the Rumors section and see the quibbler add it says "FUDGE IS CHASED OUT OF OFFICE" or something pretty close to that. Heck. It could have been as simple as a bumble bee that buzzed about his head that prompted him to run out of the office with it following him- but it may not mean that he is being replaced.

2,Snape is Luna Lovegoods father.
JK addressed this one. MR Lovegood is Luna's father Snape does NOT have a daughter...

(SPECULATION... She didn't say he didn't have a son... and there is ONE character who does not know who his father is...)

3. Someone is going to die in this book.

Hm, lets see- doesn't someone almost always die in her books? and it doesn't have to be a major character. Cedric wasn't a major character, nor was Sirius. While he was Harrys Godfather, and ONE of the characters in the book he wasn't a MAJOR character.

4, Peter Pettigrew owes a life debt to Harry. Peter Pettigrew has a silver hand . Silver kills Cursed beings.
Lupin is a cursed being. Does that mean that Lupin is going to die at the hand of Peter? no.

5. Fun with Names. Percy is a historic figure who betrayed those who loved him. (I think it was during the trojan wars) Percy Weasley has shown a tendency to turn his back on his family. Speculation that he would betray his family for a self serving motive.

6 I think I had pointed this out before about Madam Rosmerta In Gaulish Celtic mythology, Rosmerta was the goddess of fire, warmth, and abundance. A flower queen and hater of marriage, Rosmerta was also the queen of death. A Celtic goddess of fertility and wealth, whose cult was widely spread in Northeast Gaul. Rosmerta was the wife of Esus, the Gaulish Hermes. Her attributes are a cornucopia and a stick with two snakes.

note in OOP, Dumbledore did something and two snakes came out in smoke ... JK never drops a clue about something with out it meaning something. could it be that Rosmerta is like Peter- a spy for Voldemort?

Just something to think about with the new book!

Taylor

[Krystal]

Who is the character that doesn't know who is father is?

[Taylor]

www.jkrowling.com

Jk addresses the issues about the deaths in HBP, and that there are rumors that she is posting on boards.

Check out the daily news!

The other information comes from the extra section (the cup) under Dean Thomas, he never knew who his real father was because he walked out on them, and she remarried, but the truth was that his father refused to become a deatheater and was killed (so he was a wizard) That bit of back ground information was edited out of the books because the editors were trimming the story, but JK placed it on her website.

There is tons of information on her web site and it pays to check it out.

Taylor

[snowcat]

Joanne Rowling, has she ever said something agenst AD/MM?
As you'll see there is a lot of ALbus in this book, the covers and
pictures. I wonder if Albuses personal life is something metuned?
Hugs,
Elísabet xx

[Taylor]

Well, not that anyone could ever find - there are a few hints about the two of them being togther, (the coco story in the cos story, Albus going down for coco, and finding Minerva - or- something-

She did say that there are some married teachers which we will find out shortly, but she didn't say whom, and she did say that the reason why it was kept secret would be known.

she did mention that one student would stay behind to become a teacher, but it wouldn't be hermione,

Section: F.A.Q.
Does Hermione love Ron or Harry?
I can't believe that some of you haven't worked this one out yet, but I'm not going to answer because that would spoil the arguments, which I enjoy.


"..The link I mentioned between books two and six does not, in fact, relate to the 'Half-Blood Prince' (because there is no trace left of the HBP storyline in 'Chamber'.) Rather, it relates to a discovery Harry made in 'Chamber' that foreshadows something that he finds out in 'Prince'."

Are you going to kill any more characters?
Yes. Sorry.

*note it does not specify which story she is refering to, and that we know to fufill the prophacy, ether voldemort, or harry is to die*

Result of F.A.Q. Poll
What is the significance of Neville being the other boy to whom the prophecy might have referred?
Finally, I am answering the poll question! I am sorry it has taken so long, but let me start by saying how glad I am that this was the question that received the most votes, because this was the one that I most wanted to answer. Some of you might not like what I am going to say – but I'll address that issue at the end of my response!

To recap: Neville was born on the 30th of July, the day before Harry, so he too was born 'as the seventh month dies'. His parents, who were both famous Aurors, had 'thrice defied' Voldemort, just as Lily and James had. Voldemort was therefore presented with the choice of two baby boys to whom the prophecy might apply. However, he did not entirely realise what the implications of attacking them might be, because he had not heard the entire prophecy. As Dumbledore says:

'He [the eavesdropper] only heard the beginning, the part foretelling the birth of a boy in July to parents who had thrice defied Voldemort. Consequently, he could not warn his master that to attack you would be to risk transferring power to you.'

In effect, the prophecy gave Voldemort the choice of two candidates for his possible nemesis. In choosing which boy to murder, he was also (without realising it) choosing which boy to anoint as the Chosen One – to give him tools no other wizard possessed – the scar and the ability it conferred, a magical window into Voldemort's mind.

So what would have happened if Voldemort had decided that the pure-blood, not the half-blood, was the bigger threat? What would have happened if he had attacked Neville instead? Harry wonders this during the course of 'Half-Blood Prince' and concludes, rightly, that the answer hinges on whether or not one of Neville's parents would have been able, or prepared, to die for their son in the way that Lily died for Harry. If they hadn't, Neville would have been killed outright. Had Frank or Alice thrown themselves in front of Neville, however, the killing curse would have rebounded just as it did in Harry's case, and Neville would have been the one who survived with the lightning scar. What would this have meant? Would a Neville bearing the lightning scar have been as successful at evading Voldemort as Harry has been? Would Neville have had the qualities that have enabled Harry to remain strong and sane throughout all of his many ordeals? Although Dumbledore does not say as much, he does not believe so: he believes Voldemort did indeed choose the boy most likely to be able to topple him, for Harry's survival has not depended wholly or even mainly upon his scar.

So where does this leave Neville, the boy who was so nearly King? Well, it does not give him either hidden powers or a mysterious destiny. He remains a 'normal' wizarding boy, albeit one with a past, in its way, as tragic as Harry's. As you saw in 'Order of the Phoenix,' however, Neville is not without his own latent strengths. It remains to be seen how he will feel if he ever finds out how close he came to being the Chosen One.

Some of you, who have been convinced that the prophecy marked Neville, in some mystical fashion, for a fate intertwined with Harry's, may find this answer rather dull. Yet I was making what I felt was a significant point about Harry and Voldemort, and about prophecies themselves, in showing Neville as the also-ran. If neither boy was 'pre-ordained' before Voldemort's attack to become his possible vanquisher, then the prophecy (like the one the witches make to Macbeth, if anyone has read the play of the same name) becomes the catalyst for a situation that would never have occurred if it had not been made. Harry is propelled into a terrifying position he might never have sought, while Neville remains the tantalising 'might-have-been'. Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences.

Of course, none of this should be taken to mean that Neville does not have a significant part to play in the last two novels, or the fight against Voldemort. As for the prophecy itself, it remains ambiguous, not only to readers, but to my characters. Prophecies (think of Nostradamus!) are usually open to many different interpretations. That is both their strength and their weakness.


I spent a good bit of time looking for the quote and i know that I will find it, I just have to re read everthing on the site again, but it said that harry will find out that some of the teachers are married and that they have to keep that information private/ secret & why.

great stuff, this web site- there is more information found with the easter eggs, and I don't know if its in there-.

But she does address the rumor mill, so, there you have it from a credible source.

it isn't over till the fat lady sings...(Ohh just with the sound of my voice!...)