JKR's website update

[persephone_kore]

Spoiler-warning-ed rumor debunking:

http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/rumours_view.cfm?id=43

Oh, thank goodness. I thought there were problems with the idea, but wasn't sure enough, and I really didn't like that idea when I came up with it. It's nice to know.

Also, this may provide some clues as to what is and is not considered by the author to be essential to the story... although I'm sure many had already reached a similar conclusion. ;)

http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=108

Comments

[sor-bet.livejournal.com]

The explanation made me laugh out loud. But Dumbledore could have said that in the book (and it would have been a good line for him), rather than just not mentioning the hat at all and leaving us wondering.

[persephone-kore.livejournal.com]

It would have been a good line for him, wouldn't it? I have the feeling the Sorting Hat actually didn't occur to JKR as being a target for suspicion, or Dumbledore would have dismissed it as a possibility along with the sword. (Although then we'd probably still have had people wondering if it were a Founder-Horcrux anyway, or if that was Dumbledore's mistake....)