Source: Bloomsbury.com, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

Interviewer: Fans.
Context: The web chat took place nine days after the release of Harry Potter & the
Deathly Hallows.
Transcription credit: Bloomsbury.
Notes: This was one of the first interviews to take place after the release of the
final Harry Potter novel.

J.K. Rowling: I'm here and I can't wait! Bring on the questions!
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: The Ministry of Magic was de-corrupted, and with Kingsley at the helm
the discrimination that was always latent there was eradicated.
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.
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: 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
J.K. Rowling: important in the last book, though - are you sure I said that?!
Georgina: Did lucius malfoy, and all the other escaped death eaters, go back to
azkaban
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.
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: You can make up your own mind on this, but I think that Harry entered
a kind of limbo between life and death.
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: Yes, Harry and Voldemort are distantly related through the Peverells.
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.
Fomy: What did you feel when you finally wrote the kiss, awaited so much by the
fans, of ron and hermione
J.K. Rowling I loved writing it, and I loved the fact that Hermione took the
initiative!
J.K. Rowling: Ron had finally got SPEW and earned himself a snog!
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: Dumbledore, who could perform magic without needing to say the
incantation aloud, was using 'homenum revelio' -
J.K. Rowling: - the human-presence-revealing spell Hermione makes use of in Deathly
Hallows.
Jamie Lewis: What ever happened to winky
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.
Katieleigh: Does hermione still continue to do work with spew and is life any
better for house elves!
J.K. Rowling: Hermione began her post-Hogwarts career at the Department for the
Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
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: where she was a progressive voice who ensured the eradication of
oppressive, pro-pureblood laws.
Tineke: Did teddy grow up living with his grandmother?
J.K. Rowling: Yes, Teddy was raised by Andromeda.
J.K. Rowling: However, unlike Neville, who was also raised by his grandmother
J.K. Rowling: Teddy had his godfather, Harry, and all his father's friends in the
Order, to visit and stay with.
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: 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.
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: Ron joined George at Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes, which became an
enormous money-spinner.
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!
Camille: What or who is peeves exactly, is he linked with the blood barons story?
J.K. Rowling: No, Peeves is not linked to the bloody Baron's story.
J.K. Rowling: He is a spirit of chaos that entered the building long ago and has
proved impossible to eradicate!
Jessie: Were the deathly hallows based on any realworld myth or faerie tale
J.K. Rowling: Perhaps 'the Pardoner's Tale', by Chaucer.
Alicepie: What happend to luna, did she get married who to?
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).
J.K. Rowling: She ended up marrying (rather later than Harry & co) a fellow
naturalist and grandson of the great Newt Scamander (Rolf)!
Rosi: What does in essence divided mean?
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: 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 is thinking aloud here, edging towards the truth with the
help of the Pensieve.
Superhans: What was duldeys worst memory?
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.
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'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!
J.K. Rowling: Remus was killed by Dolohov and Tonks by Bellatrix.
Laura Trego: Was the absence of snapes portrait in the headmasters office in the
last scene innocent or deliberate
J.K. Rowling: It was deliberate. Snape had effectively abandoned his post before
dying, so he had not merited inclusion in these august circles.
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.
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: 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.
James Farrell: How did umbridge manage to conjure a patronus while wearing the
locket when harry wasnt able to
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.
Tineke: What happened to percy did he return to his job at the ministry
J.K. Rowling: Yes, the new improved Percy ended up as a high-ranking official under
Kingsley.
Su: How did neville get the gryfindor sword, is there a link to the hat
J.K. Rowling: Yes, there is very definitely a link to the hat!
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: - the Sorting Hat was Gryffindor's initially, as you know.
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.
Steph: Will azkaban still use dementors?
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.
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: The Hufflepuff common room is accessed through a portrait near the
kitchens, as I am sure you have deduced.
J.K. Rowling: Sorry - I should say 'painting' rather than portrait, because it is a
still-life.
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.
Camille: How is george getting along without his twin
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.
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: Hagrid has seen many deaths in quite a long life, so yes, he can see
Thestrals.
Allie: What did dumbledore truly see in the mirror of erised
J.K. Rowling: He saw his family alive, whole and happy - Ariana, Percival and
Kendra all returned to him, and Aberforth reconciled to him.
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: I'm sorry about this, but I changed my mind!
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.
Christiana: How did voldemort get his wand back after he was in was exile
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!
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: They all became pretty much what I expected/planned them to become.
J.K. Rowling: Of course they changed as I wrote, but nobody surprised me very much!
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: 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.
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.
Lechicaneuronline: Do you think snape is a hero
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
J.K. Rowling: and, ultimately, laid down his life because of it. That's pretty
heroic!
James Farrell: Voldemort never told anyone about his horcruxes, so how on earth did
regulus black discover his secret
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.
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: (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.
Jaclyn: Did lily ever have feelings back for snape
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.
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: 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.
Cornersoul: So what happens to all the dementors where will they go will they be
destroyed if so, how
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,
J.K. Rowling: the Ministry no longer used them to torment its opponents.
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: 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
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: 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.
Delailah: How does dumbledore understand parseltongue?
J.K. Rowling: Dumbledore understood Mermish, Gobbledegook and Parseltongue. The man
was brilliant.
Jessie: Will lockhart ever recover?
J.K. Rowling: No. Nor would I want him to. He's happy where he is, and I'm happier
without him!
Annie: Does the wizarding world now know that snape was dumbledores man, or do they
still think he did a bunk
J.K. Rowling: Harry would ensure that Snape's heroism was known.
J.K. Rowling: Of course, that would not stop Rita Skeeter writing 'Snape: Scoundrel
or Saint?'
Vio91: Is teddy lupin a werewolf
J.K. Rowling: No, he's a Metamorphmagus like his mother.
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: Nothing deep and significant, I'm afraid. They're just a comedy item.
Lady Bella: Whose murders did voldemor use to create each of the horcruxes
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).
J.K. Rowling: The diadem - an Albanian peasant. The ring - Tom Riddle snr.
Sampotterish: Why did dumbledore want ron to keep his deluminator
J.K. Rowling: Because he knew that Ron might need a little more guidance than the
other two.
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.
Carol: Do dementors have souls
J.K. Rowling: No, that's what makes them frightening!
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: I think it was his hair. Every individual has very distinctive-
smelling hair, don't you find?
Natalie: Are house divisions as prevalaent in harry.s children.s hogwarts as in the
previous generations
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.
Nithya: Lily detested mulciber,averyif snape really loved her,why didnt he
sacrifice their company for her sake
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.
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.
Alborz: What does it mean to be the master of death
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.
J.K. Rowling:
J.K. Rowling: It is not about striving for immortality, but about accepting
mortality.
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: Harry is not, and never has been, a saint. Like Snape, he is flawed
and mortal.
J.K. Rowling: Harry's faults are primarily anger and occasional arrogance.
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.
Nicole: What do you think is the funniest moment you have written in the series
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?'
Courtney: What child did harry give the marauders map to if any
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.
Karin: What did petunia wanted to say to hary at the end of the dursleys departing
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.
J.K. Rowling: But she couldn't do it; years of pretending that 'normal' was best
had hardened her too much.
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: Oooo, you're tough.
J.K. Rowling: I must admit, I always wondered why nobody ever asked me what
Dumbledore's wand was made of!
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!
Nora: Is auntie muriels tiara important
J.K. Rowling: No, sorry... except to illustrate what an old bat she is.
Nigel: Can harry speak parseltongue when he is no longer a horcrux?
J.K. Rowling: No, he loses the ability, and is very glad to do so.
Nikki: How did sirius twoway mirror end up with aberforth or is it another twoway
mirror
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.
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: Yes, he could wear a false ear (I'm starting to giggle at the
thought. Perhaps he's better off with the hole!)
Lucy: What is dumbledores boggart?
J.K. Rowling: The corpse of his sister.
Pablo: What is toadface umbridge doing now
J.K. Rowling: Glad to see you like her as much as I do!
J.K. Rowling: She was arrested, interrogated and imprisoned for crimes against
Muggleborns.
Tina: Do the muggles notice that there arent any weird things going on now that
voldemorts gone
J.K. Rowling: Yes, the world seems a much sunnier place (literally - with the
Dementors gone the weather gets better!)
J.K. Rowling: We are having a heavily Dementor-influenced summer here in the UK.
Katie Mosher: How exactly do muggleborns receive magical ability
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.
Maggie: Is rita skeeter still reporting
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 Keir: Was hermione able to find her parents and undo the memory damage
J.K. Rowling: Yes, she brought them home straight away.
Lola Victorpujebet: Was minerva in love with albus
J.K. Rowling: No! Not everybody falls in love with everybody else...
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: Thank you for your thank you!
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: James always suspected Snape harboured deeper feelings for Lily,
which was a factor in James' behaviour to Snape.
Abbey: Will the chuddley cannons ever win the quidditch world cup
J.K. Rowling: Bless them, perhaps. But they'd need to replace the entire team and
down several cauldrons of Felix Felicitas.
Hayleyhaha: Why did regulus have a change of heart
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.
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!
Stephval: Is scorpius as misguided as his father, or has draco improved and taught
his child(ren) better
J.K. Rowling: Sorry, technical hitch - just answered a question before seeing it!
J.K. Rowling: I am clearly getting better at Legilimency.
Lona: Did draco and harry lose their animosity towards eachother when voldemort
died
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.
J.K. Rowling: Real friendship would be out of the question, though. Too much had
happened prior to the final battle.
Hannah: Why was snape so badly groomed
J.K. Rowling: Hmm. Good question. Poor eyesight? Did he look in the mirror and
believe he was gorgeous as he was?
J.K. Rowling: I think it more likely that he valued other qualities in himself!
Ea: Will the stone ever be found, since it was left just sitting on the forest
floor
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.
Adwait313: Has the jinx on the dada teaching post at hogwarts been lifted
J.K. Rowling: Yes, at last! Incidentally, I know some have asked about Quirrell
with regard to this question.
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.
Emily: What ever happened to aberforth
J.K. Rowling: He is still there, at the Hog's Head, playing with his goats.
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: 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.
Abjoppotter: Is narcissa malfoy really a death eater
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.
Emzzy: Did mr weasley ever get around to fixing sirius motorbike
J.K. Rowling: Of course, and it ended up in Harry's possession.
Lulu: Do you think dumbledore was a little more fond of ron than either ron or
harry believed
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.
Chelatina: Was firenze ever welcomed back into the herd
J.K. Rowling: Yes, the rest of the herd was forced to acknowledge that Firenze's
pro-human leanings were not shameful, but honourable.
Kristy: What was your favorite scene to write in deathly hallows?
J.K. Rowling: Chapter 34: The Forest Again.
Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence?
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).
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, he is not a ghost. He is forced to exist in the stunted form we
witnessed in King's Cross.
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: Yes, Voldemort accidentally broke his soul into eight parts, not
seven.
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: They are two different charms. She has not wiped her parents'
memories (as she later does to Dolohov and Rowle); she has bewitched them to make
them believe that they are different people.
Maura: How come voldemort was no longer employing occlumency against harry, as he
was in the 6th book
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.
Gandalfxj9: Did krum ever find love
J.K. Rowling: Of course, though he had to go back to his native Bulgaria to do so.
Twinkletoes: Why did you feel that hedwigs death was necessary
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!
Lecanard: Will we see harry and his friends having their own history on chocolate
frogs cards
J.K. Rowling: Definitely, and Ron will describe this as his finest hour.
Mike: What is the incantation for creating a horcrux
J.K. Rowling: I cannot possibly tell you. Some things are better left unsaid.
Samantha: Was snape the only death eater who could produce a full patronus
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.
Jess: How did nagini could see harry and hermione if they were under the
invisibility cloak
J.K. Rowling: Snakes' sense are very different from human ones. They can detect
heat and movement in a way that we can't.
Chucky: Have you had another alternatives as book title apart from deathly hallows
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!
Iglooanne: What would your patronus be
J.K. Rowling: I'd like an otter, like Hermione, but I've got a feeling it might be
a large dog.
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: 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.
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: My pleasure, Finchburg! The Dark Mark would fade to a scar, not
dissimilar to the lightning scar on Harry's forehead.
J.K. Rowling: Like Harry's, these scars would no longer burn or hurt.
Katie Mosher: How is the quibbler doing these days
J.K. Rowling: Pretty well, actually. It has returned to its usual condition of
advanced lunacy, and is appreciated for its unintentional humour.
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: Thank you very much, Camille, and I'm sorry about Sirius. That man's
got a lot of fans.
J.K. Rowling: Mostly female, I might add.
Nicofr: Does winky still drink a lot of butterbear
J.K. Rowling: She's dried out a bit now.
Isabel: Did bellatrix ever love her husband, or did she have love only for
voldemort
J.K. Rowling: She took a pureblood husband, because that was what was expected of
her, but her true love was always Voldemort.
jenny: How did snape keep his patronus secret from the rest of the order?
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.
Darchey: Did voldemort ever love a girl
J.K. Rowling: No, he loved only power, and himself. He valued people whom he could
use to advance his own objectives.
Leo: What would your wand be made of
J.K. Rowling: I'd like Harry's wand - holly and phoenix feather.
Brian: Did the da keep the coins?
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.
Tracie: How relieved are you that you can finally talk about the series no more
secretkeeping!
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!
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: Snape entered the house immediately after Dumbledore's death, before
Moody put up the spells against him.
Koen Van Der Voort: Why is the scar on harrys forehead lightning shaped
J.K. Rowling: To be honest, because it's a cool shape. I couldn't have my hero
sport a doughnut-shaped scar.
Louie: Did mariettas pimply formation ever fade
J.K. Rowling: Eventually, but it left a few scars. I loathe a traitor!
Katie B: Why was kings cross the place harry went to when he died
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
J.K. Rowling: what is really there.
J.K. Rowling: We seem to have over-run. We've had over 120,000 questions, I've been
told!
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: I like this question, so I'll take it for my last.
Tess: What muggle song do you imagine would be played at dumbledores funeral
J.K. Rowling: Surely 'I did it my way' by Frank Sinatra.
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: 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!')