Earlier this week J.K. Rowling relaunched her website with an all-new design and a new section titled “Rumors Debunked.”
Though the secret page currently sits empty (you’ll find a link hidden on her home page), Rowling promised in an introductory post that she’ll be updating this website with content more frequently than she did her previous website.
With this in mind, we hit up J.K. Rowling’s favorite place to talk Harry Potter, Twitter, to ask fans what they want the author to debunk or answer.
@JK_Rowling, listen up!
These are only the suggestions we received on Twitter. If your request for Jo is missing (and it probably is), then leave it in the comments!
Is she ever gonna write a character who's queer in the actual text and not revealed two years after the fact in an interview? https://t.co/lRtM8CrtuZ
— mason™ (@AmzngBookshelf) December 21, 2016
why were there no explicitly queer characters in her books? why were there little to no POC in them? https://t.co/pW7OzlpPoo
— leah ??? (@nickyoflaherty) December 21, 2016
When will we get a PoC main character? When will we get an explicitly queer main character? Will she do any research before she writes them? https://t.co/hTenykgxdK
— Anjulie Te Pohe ♅ (@YA_Geek) December 21, 2016
White Harlem in FBWTFT is covered, so why hasn't she apologized to the Native communities for that #MagicInNorthAmerica nonsense? @Hypable
— You can't write PoC (@ElleOnWords) December 21, 2016
@Hypable How much/little does CC resemble the 8/9/10th books that you said you could write on Oprah in 2010? ?
— Cristina (@cristina__gia) December 23, 2016
@Hypable @jk_rowling Why exactly is Leta Lestrange a "tragic figure"?
— The Penwizard (@leturakross) December 21, 2016
@Hypable @jk_rowling how did a southern BLACK woman become President of MACUSA in the 20s? What's Seraphina's full story? #WizardTeam
— Padfoot in Mouth (@robyn_ravenclaw) December 21, 2016
@Hypable @MuggleCast @jk_rowling When memories are put in Pensieve,are they copied or moved,leaving none behind?Sorry if it's too trivial.:)
— Dominika Sambolic (@Dominis88) December 21, 2016
@Hypable @jk_rowling how do Half-Giants work? Are all house elves now free? What happened to them? #WizardTeam
— Padfoot in Mouth (@robyn_ravenclaw) December 21, 2016
@Hypable @jk_rowling What happens to the wands of the deceased? Are they handed down? Broken? Something else?
— John Thrasher (@jthrasher) December 21, 2016
@Hypable @MuggleCast @jk_rowling Is Newt a vegan?
— Fwooper Foundation (@FwooperFdn) December 21, 2016
@Hypable @jk_rowling how did Gred and Forge not see Peter Pettigrew on the map once Ron started Hogwarts?
— Prags (@inkdin) December 23, 2016
@Hypable @MuggleCast @jk_rowling whatever happened to the Ford Anglia? I must know! Per my headcanon, it hooked up with Sirius's motorbike
— Irvin K (@DarkLordOfDance) December 21, 2016
@Hypable @jk_rowling For the sake of @sims, is Lavender Brown alive or dead
— Matty J (@MattyJ310) December 23, 2016
@jk_rowling I have a fourth rumor for you to debunk pic.twitter.com/5S2Awc2now
— Andrew Sims (@sims) December 21, 2016
@Hypable I'd like her to stop meddling, to be honest.
— Natalie Fisher (@nataliefisher) December 21, 2016
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