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END OF LIVE WEBCHAT
- J.K. ROWLING
J.K.
Rowling: That's it... I'm Disapparating.
Bye!
J.K. Rowling: Thanks very much
everybody, I've had a great time, and I hope I've
covered some of the outstanding questions (I hear
a distant roar of 'YOU DIDN'T GET TO MINE!')
J.K. Rowling: I'm very aware
I haven't answered everything... keep an eye on
my website, and I'll try and answer some more
questions in due course!
J.K. Rowling: Surely 'I did it
my way' by Frank Sinatra.
Tess: What muggle song do you
imagine would be played at dumbledores funeral
J.K. Rowling: I like this question,
so I'll take it for my last.
J.K.
Rowling: What can I say? Thank you so
much for sticking with me, and with Harry, for
so long. You have made this an incredible journey
for Harry's author.
J.K. Rowling: We seem to have
over-run. We've had over 120,000 questions, I've
been told!
J.K. Rowling: what is really
there.
J.K. Rowling: For many reasons.
The name works rather well, and it has been established
in the books as the gateway between two worlds,
and Harry would associate it with moving on between
two worlds (don't forget that it is Harry's image
we see, not necessarily
Katie B: Why was kings cross
the place harry went to when he died
J.K. Rowling: Eventually, but
it left a few scars. I loathe a traitor!
Louie:
Did mariettas pimply formation ever fade
J.K. Rowling: To be honest, because it's a cool
shape. I couldn't have my hero sport a doughnut-shaped
scar.
Koen Van Der Voort: Why is the
scar on harrys forehead lightning shaped
J.K. Rowling: Snape entered the
house immediately after Dumbledore's death, before
Moody put up the spells against him.
Lou: How did snape get into grimmauld
place to get the second half of the letter, if
there were protection spells on the house stopping
snape getting in
J.K. Rowling:
I'm elated! It is great to be able to do this
at last, I've looked forward to it for so long!
Tracie: How relieved are you
that you can finally talk about the series no
more secretkeeping!
J.K. Rowling: Naturally. They
would be like badges or medals of honour - proof
that the owner had been at the heart of the fight
against Voldemort from the start! I like to imagine
Neville showing his to his admiring pupils.
Brian: Did the da keep the coins?
J.K. Rowling: I'd like Harry's
wand - holly and phoenix feather.
Leo: What would your wand be
made of
J.K. Rowling: No, he loved only
power, and himself. He valued people whom he could
use to advance his own objectives.
Darchey: Did voldemort ever love
a girl
J.K. Rowling: He was careful
not to use the talking Patronus means of communication
with them. This was not difficult, as his particular
job within the Order, ie, as spy, meant that sending
a Patronus to any of them might have given away
his true allegiance.
jenny: How did snape keep his patronus secret
from the rest of the order?
J.K. Rowling: She took a pureblood
husband, because that was what was expected of
her, but her true love was always Voldemort.
Isabel: Did bellatrix ever love her husband, or
did she have love only for voldemort
J.K. Rowling: She's dried out
a bit now.
Nicofr: Does winky still drink
a lot of butterbear
J.K. Rowling: Mostly female,
I might add.
J.K.
Rowling: Thank you very much, Camille,
and I'm sorry about Sirius. That man's got a lot
of fans.
Camille: Dear mrs rowling, while
im here I want to thank you for making me laugh,
cry (a lot! Most of all for sirius!) since im
11 quite a long time for me as im 20 harrys magic
and yours will be with me forever! Thanks!
J.K. Rowling: Pretty well, actually.
It has returned to its usual condition of advanced
lunacy, and is appreciated for its unintentional
humour.
Katie Mosher: How is the quibbler
doing these days
J.K. Rowling: Like Harry's, these
scars would no longer burn or hurt.
J.K. Rowling: My pleasure, Finchburg!
The Dark Mark would fade to a scar, not dissimilar
to the lightning scar on Harry's forehead.
Finchburg:
Does the dark mark remain on those that voldemort
has branded after his death or does the tattoo
dissapear now he is gone thanks for considering
my question!
J.K. Rowling: Wearing the ring
would not make the stone work. The stone existed
outside the ring originally, and to use it you
had to turn it three times in your hand.
The
Stoic Cycle: Why is it that voldemort
is unaware that the gaunt ring is a hallow, when
he has worn it (such as in the memory the diary
shows harry in book 2)
J.K. Rowling: I'd like an otter,
like Hermione, but I've got a feeling it might
be a large dog.
Iglooanne: What would your patronus
be
J.K. Rowling: The two other possibilities
were 'the Elder Wand' (used instead as a chapter
title) and 'the Peverell Quest', which I decided
against quite quickly. I think the word 'Quest'
is a bit corny!
Chucky:
Have you had another alternatives as book title
apart from deathly hallows
J.K. Rowling: Snakes' sense are
very different from human ones. They can detect
heat and movement in a way that we can't.
Jess: How did nagini could see
harry and hermione if they were under the invisibility
cloak
J.K. Rowling: Yes, because a
Patronus is used against things that the Death
Eaters generally generate, or fight alongside.
They would not need Patronuses.
Samantha: Was snape the only
death eater who could produce a full patronus
J.K. Rowling: I cannot possibly
tell you. Some things are better left unsaid.
Mike:
What is the incantation for creating
a horcrux
J.K. Rowling: Definitely, and
Ron will describe this as his finest hour.
Lecanard: Will we see harry and
his friends having their own history on chocolate
frogs cards
J.K. Rowling: The loss of Hedwig
represented a loss of innocence and security.
She has been almost like a cuddly toy to Harry
at times. Voldemort killing her marked the end
of childhood. I'm sorry... I know that death upset
a LOT of people!
Twinkletoes:
Why did you feel that hedwigs death was necessary
J.K. Rowling: Of course, though
he had to go back to his native Bulgaria to do
so.
Gandalfxj9: Did krum ever find
love
J.K. Rowling: He is losing control,
and unable to prevent Harry seeing into his mind.
The connection between them is never fully understood
by Voldemort, who does not know that Harry is
a Horcrux.
Maura:
How come voldemort was no longer employing occlumency
against harry, as he was in the 6th book
Laura
Trego:
Did hermione really put a memory charm on her
parents she says she did but then about 50 pages
later tells ron shes never done a memory charm
J.K. Rowling: Yes, Voldemort
accidentally broke his soul into eight parts,
not seven.
Angela Morrissey: Were there
seven horcruxes not six as dumbledore intimated
to harry if so, does this mean that voldemort
had an 8 part soul not a 7
J.K.
Rowling: No, he is not a ghost. He is
forced to exist in the stunted form we witnessed
in King's Cross.
Jon: Since voldemort was afraid
of death, did he choose to be a ghost if so where
does he haunt or is this not possible due to his
horcruxes
J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus
often mutates to take the image of the love of
one's life (because they so often become the 'happy
thought' that generates a Patronus).
Chely: James patronus is a stag
and lilys a doe is that a coincidence?
J.K. Rowling: Chapter 34: The
Forest Again.
Kristy: What was your favorite
scene to write in deathly hallows?
J.K. Rowling: Yes, the rest of
the herd was forced to acknowledge that Firenze's
pro-human leanings were not shameful, but honourable.
Chelatina: Was firenze ever welcomed
back into the herd
J.K. Rowling: Yes, I do. Through
Harry's account of Ron, and from reports of the
professors who taught Ron, Dumbledore understood
Ron better than Ron ever knew, and liked him,
too.
Lulu: Do you think dumbledore
was a little more fond of ron than either ron
or harry believed
J.K. Rowling: Of course, and
it ended up in Harry's possession.
Emzzy: Did mr weasley ever get
around to fixing sirius motorbike
J.K. Rowling: No, she never had
the Dark Mark and was never a fully paid-up member.
However, her views were identical to those of
her husband until Voldemort planned the death
of her son.
Abjoppotter: Is narcissa malfoy
really a death eater
J.K.
Rowling: Hm. I would advise a trip to
Arkie Alderton's Kwik-Repair Shop. Never attempt
to mend a broom at home, the consequences can
be disastrous.
Lee: I recently purchsed nimbus
twothousand it has a terrible knack of veering
left is their anything I can do (wihout the use
of a wand it was broken by a hippogriff) to repair
it back to it original straight flying state
J.K. Rowling: He is still there,
at the Hog's Head, playing with his goats.
Emily: What ever happened to aberforth
J.K. Rowling: He was teaching
at Hogwarts for more than a year, but NOT in the
post of D.A.D.A. teacher. He was previously Muggle
Studies professor.
J.K. Rowling: Yes, at last! Incidentally,
I know some have asked about Quirrell with regard
to this question.
Adwait313: Has the jinx on the
dada teaching post at hogwarts been lifted
J.K. Rowling: I think not. I
imagine that it was squashed into the ground by
a centaur's hoof as the centaurs dashed to the
aid of the Hogwarts fighters, and thereafter became
buried.
Ea:
Will the stone ever be found, since it was left
just sitting on the forest floor
J.K. Rowling: I think it more
likely that he valued other qualities in himself!
J.K. Rowling: Hmm. Good question.
Poor eyesight? Did he look in the mirror and believe
he was gorgeous as he was?
Hannah: Why was snape so badly
groomed
J.K. Rowling: Real friendship
would be out of the question, though. Too much
had happened prior to the final battle.
J.K. Rowling: Not really. There
would be a kind of rapprochement, in that Harry
knows Draco hated being a Death Eater, and would
not have killed Dumbledore; similarly, Draco would
feel a grudging gratitude towards Harry for saving
his life.
Lona:
Did draco and harry lose their animosity towards
eachother when voldemort died
J.K. Rowling: I am clearly getting
better at Legilimency.
J.K.
Rowling: Sorry, technical hitch - just
answered a question before seeing it!
Stephval:
Is scorpius as misguided as his father, or has
draco improved and taught his child(ren) better
J.K. Rowling: Scorpius has a
lot going against him, not least that name. However,
I think Scorpius would be an improvement on his
father, whom misfortune has sobered!
J.K.
Rowling:
He was not prepared for the reality of life as
a Death Eater. It was Voldemort's attempted murder
of Kreacher that really turned him.
Hayleyhaha: Why did regulus have
a change of heart
J.K. Rowling: Bless them, perhaps.
But they'd need to replace the entire team and
down several cauldrons of Felix Felicitas.
Abbey: Will the chuddley cannons
ever win the quidditch world cup
J.K. Rowling: James always suspected
Snape harboured deeper feelings for Lily, which
was a factor in James' behaviour to Snape.
J.K. Rowling: Yes, it was known
that they were friendly and then stopped being
friends. Nothing more than that would be widely
known.
J.K. Rowling: Thank you for your
thank you!
Rachel
Nell: Jkr, thank you for such amazing
books! I would like to know how come noone seemed
to know that lily and snape were friends in school
they were obviously meeting for chats, etc didnt
james know their past
J.K. Rowling: No! Not everybody
falls in love with everybody else...
Lola
Victorpujebet:
Was minerva in love with albus
J.K. Rowling: Yes, she brought
them home straight away.
Maggie Keir: Was hermione able
to find her parents and undo the memory damage
J.K. Rowling: Naturally, what
could stop Rita? I imagine she immediately dashed
off a biography of Harry after he defeated Voldemort.
One quarter truth to three quarters rubbish.
Maggie: Is rita skeeter still
reporting
J.K. Rowling: Muggle-borns will
have a witch or wizard somewhere on their family
tree, in some cases many, many generations back.
The gene re-surfaces in some unexpected places.
Katie
Mosher: How exactly do muggleborns receive
magical ability
J.K. Rowling: We are having a
heavily Dementor-influenced summer here in the
UK.
J.K. Rowling: Yes, the world
seems a much sunnier place (literally - with the
Dementors gone the weather gets better!)
Tina:
Do the muggles notice that there arent any weird
things going on now that voldemorts gone
J.K. Rowling: She was arrested,
interrogated and imprisoned for crimes against
Muggleborns.
J.K. Rowling: Glad to see you
like her as much as I do!
Pablo: What is toadface umbridge doing now
J.K. Rowling: The corpse of his
sister.
Lucy: What is dumbledores boggart?
J.K. Rowling: Yes, he could wear
a false ear (I'm starting to giggle at the thought.
Perhaps he's better off with the hole!)
Tierney
Roth: If moody got a magic eye, and wormtail
got a magic hand, couldnt there be some way to
form a magical ear, if only to cover up the hole
and make george look more symmetrical
J.K. Rowling: You see Aberforth
meeting Mundungus in Hogsmeade. That was the occasion
on which Dung, who had taken Sirius's mirror from
Grimmauld Place, sold it to Aberforth.
Nikki: How did sirius twoway
mirror end up with aberforth or is it another
twoway mirror
J.K. Rowling: No, he loses the ability, and is
very glad to do so.
Nigel: Can harry speak parseltongue
when he is no longer a horcrux?
J.K. Rowling: No, sorry... except
to illustrate what an old bat she is.
Nora: Is auntie muriels tiara important
J.K. Rowling: And I couldn't
say that, even when asked 'what do you wish you'd
been asked...' because it would have sign-posted
just how significant that wand would become!
J.K. Rowling: I must admit, I
always wondered why nobody ever asked me what
Dumbledore's wand was made of!
J.K. Rowling: Oooo, you're tough.
Leaky Cauldron: Please pose and
answer the question you'd most like to address
about the series! (a ha, turned it back on you.)
J.K. Rowling: But she couldn't
do it; years of pretending that 'normal' was best
had hardened her too much.
J.K. Rowling: I think that for
one moment she trembled on the verge of wishing
Harry luck; that she almost acknowledged that
her loathing of his world, and of him, was born
out of jealousy.
Karin: What did petunia wanted
to say to hary at the end of the dursleys departing
J.K. Rowling: I've got a feeling
he didn't give it to any of them, but that James
sneaked it out of his father's desk one day.
Courtney: What child did harry
give the marauders map to if any
J.K. Rowling: It sounds very
vain to answer this! My favourite in this book
is probably that line of Ron's 'really captures
the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn't it?'
Nicole: What do you think is
the funniest moment you have written in the series
J.K. Rowling: On this occasion,
he is very angry and acts accordingly. He is also
in an extreme situation, and attempting to defend
somebody very good against a violent and murderous
opponent.
J.K. Rowling: Harry's faults
are primarily anger and occasional arrogance.
J.K. Rowling: Harry is not, and
never has been, a saint. Like Snape, he is flawed
and mortal.
Barbara: I was very disappointed
to see harry use crucio and seem to enjoy it his
failure to perform that kind of curse in the past
has been a credit to his character why the change,
and did harry later regret having enjoyed deliberately
causing pain
J.K. Rowling: It is not about striving for immortality,
but about accepting mortality.
J.K. Rowling: As Dumbledore explains,
the real master of Death accepts that he must
die, and that there are much worse things in the
world of the living.
Alborz: What does it mean to
be the master of death
J.K. Rowling: He wanted Lily
and he wanted Mulciber too. He never really understood
Lily's aversion; he was so blinded by his attraction
to the dark side he thought she would find him
impressive if he became a real Death Eater.
J.K. Rowling: Well, that is Snape's
tragedy. Given his time over again he would not
have become a Death Eater, but like many insecure,
vulnerable people (like Wormtail) he craved membership
of something big and powerful, something impressive.
Nithya: Lily detested mulciber,averyif
snape really loved her,why didnt he sacrifice
their company for her sake
Nicole: What do you think is
the funniest moment you have written in the series
J.K. Rowling: On this occasion,
he is very angry and acts accordingly. He is also
in an extreme situation, and attempting to defend
somebody very good against a violent and murderous
opponent.
J.K. Rowling: Harry's faults
are primarily anger and occasional arrogance.
J.K. Rowling: Harry is not, and
never has been, a saint. Like Snape, he is flawed
and mortal.
Barbara: I was very disappointed
to see harry use crucio and seem to enjoy it his
failure to perform that kind of curse in the past
has been a credit to his character why the change,
and did harry later regret having enjoyed deliberately
causing pain
J.K. Rowling: It is not about
striving for immortality, but about accepting
mortality.
J.K. Rowling: As Dumbledore explains,
the real master of Death accepts that he must
die, and that there are much worse things in the
world of the living.
Alborz: What does it mean to be the master of
death
J.K. Rowling: He wanted Lily
and he wanted Mulciber too. He never really understood
Lily's aversion; he was so blinded by his attraction
to the dark side he thought she would find him
impressive if he became a real Death Eater.
J.K. Rowling: Well, that is Snape's
tragedy. Given his time over again he would not
have become a Death Eater, but like many insecure,
vulnerable people (like Wormtail) he craved membership
of something big and powerful, something impressive.
Nithya: Lily detested mulciber,averyif
snape really loved her,why didnt he sacrifice
their company for her sake
J.K. Rowling: Slytherin has become
diluted. It is no longer the pureblood bastion
it once was. Nevertheless, its dark reputation
lingers, hence Albus Potter's fears.
Natalie: Are house divisions
as prevalaent in harry’s children’s
hogwarts as in the previous generations
J.K. Rowling: I think it was
his hair. Every individual has very distinctive-smelling
hair, don't you find?
Jess
Mac: What
was the third smell that hermione smelt in the
amortentia potion in hbp (ie the particular essence
of ron)
J.K. Rowling: No, that's what
makes them frightening!
Carol: Do dementors have souls
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore understood
Ron's importance in the trio. He wasn't the most
skilled, or the most intelligent, but he held
them together; his humour and his good heart were
essential.
J.K.
Rowling: Because he knew that Ron might
need a little more guidance than the other two.
Sampotterish: Why did dumbledore
want ron to keep his deluminator
J.K. Rowling: The diadem - an
Albanian peasant. The ring - Tom Riddle snr.
J.K. Rowling: The diary - Moaning
Myrtle. The cup - Hepzibah Smith, the previous
owner. The locket - a Muggle tramp. Nagini - Bertha
Jorkins (Voldemort could use a wand once he regained
a rudimentary body, as long as the victim was
subdued).
Lady
Bella: Whose murders did voldemor use
to create each of the horcruxes
J.K. Rowling: Nothing deep and
significant, I'm afraid. They're just a comedy
item.
Nippy23: We see socks a lot throughout
the series, such as dobby’s love for them
and dumbledore’s claim to see them in the
mirror of erised, what’s the reason behind
all the socks
J.K. Rowling: No, he's a Metamorphmagus
like his mother.
Vio91: Is teddy lupin a werewolf
J.K. Rowling: Of course, that
would not stop Rita Skeeter writing 'Snape: Scoundrel
or Saint?'
J.K. Rowling: Harry would ensure
that Snape's heroism was known.
Annie: Does the wizarding world
now know that snape was dumbledores man, or do
they still think he did a bunk
J.K. Rowling: No. Nor would I
want him to. He's happy where he is, and I'm happier
without him!
Jessie: Will lockhart ever recover?
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore understood
Mermish, Gobbledegook and Parseltongue. The man
was brilliant.
Delailah: How does dumbledore understand parseltongue?
J.K. Rowling: Colin wasn't a
student. He sneaked back with the rest of the
DA, along with Fred, George and the rest. He ought
not to have stayed behind when McGonagall told
him to leave, but alas - he did.
Roseweasley: Why was colin creavey
still a student at hogwarts when he was muggleborn
surely he would have been locked up and interogated,
not allowed back to school therefore, he shouldnt
have died
J.K.
Rowling: Something had to leave the school
for good when Dumbledore died, and I decided that
would be Fawkes. Dumbledore was a very great and
irreplacable man, and the loss of Fawkes (and
the fact that he was 'non-transferable'!) expresses
this symbolically
Michael: Why didnt fawkes come
back to help harry I would have thought that since
harry was so loyal to dumbledore, fawkes would
have been harrys new pet
J.K. Rowling: the Ministry no
longer used them to torment its opponents.
J.K. Rowling: You cannot destroy
Dementors, though you can limit their numbers
if you eradicate the conditions in which they
multiply, ie, despair and degradation. As I've
already said, though,
Cornersoul: So what happens to
all the dementors where will they go will they
be destroyed if so, how
J.K. Rowling: My temptation would
be Harry's, ie, the Stone. But I believe, as does
Harry ultimately, that the greatest wisdom is
in accepting that we must all die, and moving
on.
Boggo: Would you choose the hallow
that is the cloak, like youre supposed to, and
would you be tempted to use the others
J.K. Rowling: Yes. She might
even have grown to love him romantically (she
certainly loved him as a friend) if he had not
loved Dark Magic so much, and been drawn to such
loathesome people and acts.
Jaclyn: Did lily ever have feelings
back for snape
J.K. Rowling: (He does so in
the graveyard of Little Hangleton, in front of
Harry). He did this before Regulus and Regulus
guessed, correctly, what it was that made Voldemort
so convinced he could not die.
J.K. Rowling: Voldemort dropped
oblique hints; in his arrogance, he did not believe
anybody would be clever enough to understand them.
J.K. Rowling: Horcrux magic was
not Voldemort's own invention; as is established
in the story, other wizards had done it, though
never gone as far as to make six.
James Farrell: Voldemort never
told anyone about his horcruxes, so how on earth
did regulus black discover his secret
J.K. Rowling: and, ultimately,
laid down his life because of it. That's pretty
heroic!
J.K. Rowling: Yes, I do; though
a very flawed hero. An anti-hero, perhaps. He
is not a particularly likeable man in many ways.
He remains rather cruel, a bully, riddled with
bitterness and insecurity - and yet he loved,
and showed loyalty to that love
Lechicaneuronline: Do you think
snape is a hero
J.K. Rowling: The enchantment
under which Tom Riddle fathered Voldemort is important
because it shows coercion, and there can't be
many more prejudicial ways to enter the world
than as the result of such a union.
J.K. Rowling: It was a symbolic
way of showing that he came from a loveless union
- but of course, everything would have changed
if Merope had survived and raised him herself
and loved him.
Ravleen: How much does the fact
that voldemort was conceived under a love potion
have to do with his nonability to understand love
is it more symbolic
J.K. Rowling: Of course they
changed as I wrote, but nobody surprised me very
much!
J.K. Rowling: They all became
pretty much what I expected/planned them to become.
Amanda: Hiya, ive grown up with
harry and the gang, did any of the characters
change in any unexpected ways as they grew up
J.K. Rowling: Wormtail, desperate
to curry favour, salvaged it from the place it
had fallen and carried it to him. I admit that
would have been a bit of a feat for a rat, but
they are highly intelligent creatures!
Christiana: How did voldemort
get his wand back after he was in was exile
J.K.
Rowling:
My very earliest plan for the story involved somebody
managing to get to Hogwarts when they had never
done magic before, but I had changed my mind by
the time I'd written the third book.
J.K. Rowling: I'm sorry about
this, but I changed my mind!
Snapedinhalf: You promised that
someone will do magic late in life in book 7.
I've now read it three times but cant work out
who it might have been! Please help!!
J.K. Rowling: He saw his family
alive, whole and happy - Ariana, Percival and
Kendra all returned to him, and Aberforth reconciled
to him.
Allie:
What did dumbledore truly see in the mirror of
erised
J.K. Rowling: Hagrid has seen
many deaths in quite a long life, so yes, he can
see Thestrals.
Jessica Lynn: Did hagrid have
to be able to see thestrals in order to train
them if so, whose death did hagrid witness
J.K. Rowling: Well, I don't think
that George would ever get over losing Fred, which
makes me feel so sad. However, he names his first
child and son Fred, and he goes on to have a very
successful career, helped by good old Ron.
Camille: How is george getting
along without his twin
J.K. Rowling: It is a very cosy
and welcoming place, as dissimilar as possible
from Snape's dungeon. Lots of yellow hangings,
and fat armchairs, and little underground tunnels
leading to the dormitories, all of which have
perfectly round doors, like barrel tops.
J.K. Rowling: Sorry - I should
say 'painting' rather than portrait, because it
is a still-life.
J.K. Rowling: The Hufflepuff
common room is accessed through a portrait near
the kitchens, as I am sure you have deduced.
Smallbutpowerful:
On behalf of all harry potter fans who consider
themselves to be hufflepuffs could you please
describe the hufflepuff common room as it is the
only common room harry hasn’t visited
J.K. Rowling: No, definitely
not. Kingsley would see to that. The use of Dementors
was always a mark of the underlying corruption
of the Ministry, as Dumbledore constantly maintained.
Steph: Will azkaban still use
dementors?
J.K. Rowling: Griphook was wrong
- Gryffindor did not 'steal' the sword, not unless
you are a goblin fanatic and believe that all
goblin-made objects really belong to the maker.
J.K. Rowling: - the Sorting Hat
was Gryffindor's initially, as you know
J.K.
Rowling:
Neville, most worthy Gryffindor, asked for help
just as Harry did in the Chamber of secrets, and
Gryffindor's sword was transported into Gryffindor's
old hat -
J.K. Rowling: Yes, there is very
definitely a link to the hat!
Su: How did neville get the gryfindor sword, is
there a link to the hat
J.K. Rowling: Yes, the new improved
Percy ended up as a high-ranking official under
Kingsley.
Tineke: What happened to percy
did he return to his job at the ministry
J.K. Rowling: Because she is
a very nasty piece of work. She has an affinity
for this horrible object, which would help rather
than hinder her.
James Farrell: How did umbridge
manage to conjure a patronus while wearing the
locket when harry wasnt able to
J.K. Rowling: As established
by Ollivander, a wizard can use almost any wand,
it is simply that a wand that chooses him/her
will work best. Where there is a family connection,
a wand will work a little better than a wand chosen
at random, I think.
Stephanie: If the wand chooses
the wizard, then why do wands work when passed
down from father to son eg neville had his fathers
wand
J.K. Rowling: However, I like
to think that Harry would be instrumental in ensuring
that Snape's portrait would appear there in due
course.
J.K. Rowling:
It was deliberate. Snape had effectively abandoned
his post before dying, so he had not merited inclusion
in these august circles.
Laura Trego: Was the absence
of snapes portrait in the headmasters office in
the last scene innocent or deliberate
J.K. Rowling: Remus was killed
by Dolohov and Tonks by Bellatrix.
J.K. Rowling: I'm so sorry! I
met a couple on launch night who had come dressed
as Lupin and Tonks, and I felt dreadfully guilty
as I signed their books!
Casey Kunze: Who killed remus
and tonks I think if I knew this, I would get
some closure over the very sad, but understandable,
death of two of my favorite characters
J.K. Rowling: I think that when
Dudley was attacked by the Dementors he saw himself,
for the first time, as he really was. This was
an extremely painful, but ultimately salutory
lesson, and began the transformation in him.
Superhans: What was duldeys worst
memory?
J.K.
Rowling:
Dumbledore is thinking aloud here, edging towards
the truth with the help of the Pensieve.
J.K. Rowling: This also explained
why Harry, the last and unintended Horcrux, could
see so clearly through the snake's eyes, just
as he regularly sees through Voldemort's.
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore suspected
that the snake's essence was divided - that it
contained part of Voldemort's soul, and that was
why it was so very adept at doing his bidding.
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore suspected
that the snake's essence was divided - that it
contained part of Voldemort's soul, and that was
why it was so very adept at doing his bidding.
Rosi: What does in essence divided
mean?
J.K. Rowling: She ended up marrying
(rather later than Harry & co) a fellow naturalist
and grandson of the great Newt Scamander (Rolf)!
J.K. Rowling: Luna became a very
famous wizarding naturalist who discovered and
classified many new species of animals (though,
alas, she never did find a Crumple-Horned Snorkack
and had, finally, to accept that her father might
have made that one up).
Alicepie: What happend to luna,
did she get married who to?
J.K. Rowling: Perhaps 'the Pardoner's
Tale', by Chaucer.
Jessie:
Were the deathly hallows based on any realworld
myth or faerie tale
J.K. Rowling: He is a spirit
of chaos that entered the building long ago and
has proved impossible to eradicate!
J.K. Rowling: No, Peeves is not
linked to the bloody Baron's story.
Camille: What or who is peeves
exactly, is he linked with the blood barons story?
J.K. Rowling: After a few years
as a celebrated player for the Holyhead Harpies,
Ginny retired to have her family and to become
the Senior Quidditch correspondent at the Daily
Prophet!
J.K. Rowling: Ron joined George
at Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes, which became an
enormous money-spinner.
J.K. Rowling: Harry did so (just
because Voldemort was gone, it didn't mean that
there would not be other Dark witches and wizards
in the coming years).
J.K. Rowling: Thank you! I've
already answered about Hermione. Kingsley became
permanent Minister for Magic, and naturally he
wanted Harry to head up his new Auror department.
Blodeuwedd: Hi jk, first of all
thank you for all the books I have enjoyed each
and every one of them could you tell us what professions
harry, hermione, ron, ginny and luna go on to
have did the trio do their final year at school
and take their newts who became hea
J.K.
Rowling: However, unlike Neville, who
was also raised by his grandmother
J.K. Rowling: Yes, Teddy was
raised by Andromeda.
Tineke: Did teddy grow up living
with his grandmother?
J.K. Rowling: where she was a
progressive voice who ensured the eradication
of oppressive, pro-pureblood laws.
J.K. Rowling: where she was instrumental
in greatly improving life for house-elves and
their ilk. She then moved (despite her jibe to
Scrimgeour) to the Dept. of Magical Law Enforcement
J.K. Rowling: Hermione began
her post-Hogwarts career at the Department for
the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
Katieleigh: Does hermione still
continue to do work with spew and is life any
better for house elves!
J.K. Rowling: She's still at
Hogwarts, and she was one of the oncoming house-elves
who attacked the Death Eaters in the final battle.
Jamie Lewis: What ever happened
to winky
J.K. Rowling: - the human-presence-revealing
spell Hermione makes use of in Deathly Hallows.
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore, who
could perform magic without needing to say the
incantation aloud, was using 'homenum revelio'
-
Angela Morrissey: Why is it that
albus dumbledore can see harry under his invisibility
cloak at certain moments? (during the series is
the cloak only infallible to those who do not
own a deathly hallow).
J.K. Rowling: Ron had finally
got SPEW and earned himself a snog!
J.K. Rowling: I loved writing
it, and I loved the fact that Hermione took the
initiative!
Fomy:What
did you feel when you finally wrote the kiss,
awaited so much by the fans, of ron and hermione
J.K. Rowling: Of course, nearly
all wizarding families are related if you trace
them back through the centuries. As was made clear
in 'Deathly hallows', Peverell blood would run
through many wizarding families.
J.K. Rowling: Yes, Harry and
Voldemort are distantly related through the Peverells.
Renee: From reading about the original owners
of the deathly hallows, the peverell brothers,
i'm wondering if harry and voldermort are distantly
related voldermortsgrandfather
ended up with the resurrection stone ring?
J.K. Rowling: You can make up
your own mind on this, but I think that Harry
entered a kind of limbo between life and death.
Elisabeth: In the chapter of
kings cross, are they behind the veil or in some
world between the real world and the veil?
J.K. Rowling: No, the Malfoys
weaseled their way out of trouble (again) due
to the fact that they colluded (albeit out of
self-interest) with Harry at the end of the battle.
Renee: From reading about the
original owners of the deathly hallows, the peverell
brothers, i'm wondering if harry and voldermort
are distantly related voldermorts grandfather
ended up with the resurrection stone ring?
J.K. Rowling: You can make up
your own mind on this, but I think that Harry
entered a kind of limbo between life and death.
Elisabeth: In the chapter of
kings cross, are they behind the veil or in some
world between the real world and the veil?
J.K. Rowling: No, the Malfoys
weaseled their way out of trouble (again) due
to the fact that they colluded (albeit out of
self-interest) with Harry at the end of the battle.
Georgina: Did lucius malfoy,
and all the other escaped death eaters, go back
to azkaban
J.K.
Rowling: important in the last book,
though - are you sure I said that?!
J.K. Rowling: Hi Ryan! Well,
I think Ginny demonstrated powerful magic in the
final battle, and that for a sixteen year old
witch she acquitted herself pretty well. I don't
remember ever saying that her 'seventh child'
status would prove particularly
Ryan Love: From your fans at
thesnitch.Co.Uk. Weren't we supposed to see ginny
display powerful magical abilities in “deathly
hallows” and find out why it's significant
that she's the seventh child? Was her main role
in the books only to be harry's love interest?
J.K. Rowling: Harry, Ron, Hermione,
Ginny et al would of course play a significant
part in the re-building of wizarding society through
their future careers.
J.K.
Rowling: The Ministry of Magic was de-corrupted,
and with Kingsley at the helm the discrimination
that was always latent there was eradicated.
Leaky
Cauldron: What, if anything, did the
wizarding world learn, and how did society change,
as a direct result of the war with voldemort?
(i.E., not as a result of harry, ron and hermione's
future careers.)
J.K.
Rowling: I'm here and I can't wait! Bring on the
questions!
Start here!
Start READING
here!!!!
PS. We asked
Joanne for you all, if there could ever be another
Harry Potter Book 8! But unfortunately, she didn't
answer this question. Maybe we'll be lucky, and
she'll tell us on her website tomorrow!
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