07.30.07

Rowling Answers Some Burning Questions

Posted in Scoops at 4:07 pm by RavenclawWit

SPOILERS!

via HPANA

This morning, J.K. Rowling participated in a web chat where she answered dozens of questions about Deathly Hallows and the series in general. You can read the transcript here.

Among the more interesting information? The Malfoys (Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco) were apparently never sent to Azkaban or punished for their Death Eater status due to the fact that in the end they colluded with Harry, albeit out of self interest. I can only assume that by “colluded”, Rowling was referring to A) When Draco was “unable” to identify the trio at Malfoy Manor, and B) when Narcissa lied to Voldemort about Harry being dead in the forest. It was obvious to me that Draco was being intentionally obtuse when he was asked to identify the trio when they were caught and brought to Malfoy Manor. He might have genuinely not been able to recognise Harry due to Hermione’s stinging hex, but there’s no way he didn’t recognise Hermione and Ron, two people that he had gone to school with for six years and who he’d delighted in tormenting. But as far as I know, Lucius himself did nothing to “help” Harry in the end. Yes, he didn’t join the other Death Eaters in assaulting people in the final battle, but that’s probably only because he no longer had a wand. In my view, not sending at least Lucius to Azkaban is a major oversight.

Another tidbit of information that’s a little puzzling is that Ron took Fred’s place at Weasleys’ Wizarding Wheezes. But in the interview that she gave to Meredith Viera, she stated that Ron is an Auror with Harry. Maybe he’s both?

There’s lots of other really interesting information in this transcript, so go ahead and read it and then come back here to discuss it if you want. Also, Rowling said that we should all keep an eye on her website, because she’ll be answering even more questions there over time.

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