Apr 07, 2005

J.K. Rowling Reads and Debunks Elaborate Fan Theory


Artwork by Cristina Diaz
For fans of the Harry Potter series of books, these are exciting times. Book 6 is on the way with the promise that book 7 can't be that far behind (or the actors will be too old!) and the 4th movie already done with principal photography.

Many of us waited a while to jump into the Potter craze so as not to get caught up in the waiting game, but it's addictive. Once you've read the first 20 pages of book one you're on the hook for the rest of them. Now, we're all caught up to the author and left to stew as she creates, and although she's managing a book every few years, it can seem like an eternity. This has had added the side-effect of creating massive amounts of speculation about and imitation of her works.

Recently, the amazing Knight2King theory, which discusses the chess game at the end of book one as a metaphor for the entire series, has been passed around and apparently even caught the eye of Jo herself! The theory, in analyzing Ron's dual role in the chess game as both Knight and metaphysical "player," comes to the conclusion that Ron must also be Dumbledore.

Expecting people to go "What!?," the authors of the theory proceed to stack up the evidence and speculate on how it might come to pass (or might have already come to pass, as the case may be.) You'll have to read the theory yourself if you want to know more (it's a fun refresher of what's happened to date if nothing else)

Although J. K. directly debunked the theory yesterday, I have this feeling that somewhere in Europe, Jo is stomping around her flat going "Crucio! How in the name of Sirius am I going to come up with ANOTHER ending!" (I like the idea that she swears in her own made up spells and takes her own dead characters names in vain.)

Apparated from The-Leaky-Cauldron.org

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