<p>I liked the mugglenet link Vyse posted, and I think it was a kind thing for JK to do for her young fans, but…I think if she keeps this up, she’ll be in danger of not leaving enough to the imagination.</p>
<p>When I was in high school, I had a friend who read Gone with the Wind first in Chinese then in English. She used to ask me all the time if Rhett ever came back. I don’t think she would have found the book compelling enough to slog through in two languages if I’d told her, “Oh yes, Margarett Mitchell said that Rhett came back. They had two more children and took them rowing on the pond every Sunday after church.”</p>
<p>I’m sorry, I must have missed something huge…</p>
<p>when did Snape acknowledge Harry’s bravery?</p>
<p>Edit: I hate for anything to be left to the imagination. I’d like to know exactly what Rowling envisioned for the future of every single character.</p>
<p>You and Li would be great friends. It’s a shame she and I lost touch, because now that you say that, I bet somewhere she is emailing questions to JK’s publisher. </p>
<p>Which reminds me…Did JK ever say who the next headmaster of Hogwarts was after Snape? Apologies if discussed already in the thread.</p>
<p>Perhaps I’m reading too much into Snape’s being horrified at the thought that when the time comes, Harry, a 17 year old boy, will be called upon to knowingly sacrifice himself as he sets out to meet his death at the hand of LV, in order to bring about the end of LV.</p>
<p>True, he insists to Dumbledore that he is doing all that he does for the love of Lily. </p>
<p>Does “Look at me” only refer to Snape’s desire to see Lily’s eyes once more?</p>
<p>When first read, thought it was necessary to catch the memories. But JKR is quite romantic. She mentions how Harry is fascinated by Ginny’s eyes. Harry even notices how Mrs. W has the same eyes as Ginny. I doubt HP will ever have any MIL problems; he’s been accepted and loved by the Weasleys.</p>
<p>Flor’s parents and Neville’s GM also are positive figures. Nice lesson for our kids.</p>
<p>McGonagall wasn’t the new headmaster of Hogwarts (although perhaps for a year or two, while Hogwarts was being rebuilt, she may have been). In her interview, JKR said that McGonagall was “getting on” and that Hogwarts had a new headmaster, presumably someone not even mentioned in the books.</p>
<p>My understanding was that JKR’s comment about McGonagall referred to the fact that - 19 years later - McGonagall was getting on in years and had to step down. I, too, thought McGonagall was the immediate successor.</p>
<p>We’ve begun listening to the CDs. It is a little odd hearing Jim Dale and picturing the movie actors and our imagination characters at the same time.</p>
<p>While listening, I’m discovering many details that I had missed when reading. In my hurry to see what happens in the next paragraph, I raced through a lot of good writing.</p>
<p>MaryTN–we heard a bit of an interview with Jim Dale on the radio. He said he didn’t know the meaning of “minutiae” until rabid fans started writing in to point things out to him. Generally it was a slightly different pronounciation of a name from the earlier books to the later ones, small changes he was sometimes asked by his bosses to make (Her-my-ne became Her-mi-uh-ne, Voldemor became VoldemorT, etc.). HP listeners notice EVERYTHING!</p>
<p>I think of “look at me” as a last-minute, nonverbal way of saying “do we understand each other” or at least “do you understand me?” Whenever you really want to make sure you’re communicating with a kid (particularly a boy in my experience) you make sure you get eye contact. “Look at me” says “focus here, pay attention…” It could also be Lilly’s eyes but I think its more than that.</p>