Well, owning up might be a bit too much, more like she cannot blame it on the fans this time. She still doesn't say that she made a mistake, only that she misremembered it, which of course only proves that she goes by memory instead of actually looking at her notes.
Here's the part, btw:
JKR: Hannah Abbott?
MA: Yeah, there's a line in "Deathly Hallows" when Harry sees someone that he thinks might be Hannah Abbott's long-lost relatives, what's her deal? Is she a Muggleborn? Did she lose her family...
JKR: Oh, you mean the grave?
MA: Yeah.
JKR: Uh, no, she's not Muggleborn. No, I'm pretty sure Hannah's a pureblood. I know her mother died...
MA: In that old documentary, you showed a picture where they had like all the family associations and Hannah appeared to be Muggleblood in the fans' careful reconstruction of--
JKR: Did she? Because I'll tell you what, if that's the case-- and I've got that notebook and that's one of my cornerstone notebooks, in that case, then I've been misremembering that, because I thought she was pureblood. Interesting. I've certainly written about her, and thought about her for years now, as pureblood. So that's interesting. Maybe we'll just split the difference and call her halfblood. (laughter) Yeah, that's how decisions are taken in the fairly random world of J.K. Rowling. (laughter)
It really looked like she tried to deny the Muggleborn claim, until they told her that they can prove her wrong. I admit, it's a bit nitpicky, after all it doesn't matter one way or another since Hannah is such a minor character, but it does show the kind of attitude JKR has, which I pointed out in my old essay. I wish she would give an interview with people who would actually challenge her on some of this stuff she pulls out of her ass, but it will probably be a cold day in hell when that happens.
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Here's the part, btw:
JKR: Hannah Abbott?
MA: Yeah, there's a line in "Deathly Hallows" when Harry sees someone that he thinks might be Hannah Abbott's long-lost relatives, what's her deal? Is she a Muggleborn? Did she lose her family...
JKR: Oh, you mean the grave?
MA: Yeah.
JKR: Uh, no, she's not Muggleborn. No, I'm pretty sure Hannah's a pureblood. I know her mother died...
MA: In that old documentary, you showed a picture where they had like all the family associations and Hannah appeared to be Muggleblood in the fans' careful reconstruction of--
JKR: Did she? Because I'll tell you what, if that's the case-- and I've got that notebook and that's one of my cornerstone notebooks, in that case, then I've been misremembering that, because I thought she was pureblood. Interesting. I've certainly written about her, and thought about her for years now, as pureblood. So that's interesting. Maybe we'll just split the difference and call her halfblood. (laughter) Yeah, that's how decisions are taken in the fairly random world of J.K. Rowling. (laughter)
It really looked like she tried to deny the Muggleborn claim, until they told her that they can prove her wrong. I admit, it's a bit nitpicky, after all it doesn't matter one way or another since Hannah is such a minor character, but it does show the kind of attitude JKR has, which I pointed out in my old essay. I wish she would give an interview with people who would actually challenge her on some of this stuff she pulls out of her ass, but it will probably be a cold day in hell when that happens.