And I guess to a fan who knows the names of characters we've never really met, anyone not necessarily remembering every fact about Sirius's family is going to come across as annoying. Which is actually quite unfair to those fans, because how can they be expected to, if they haven't re-read ten times and/or visited the Lexicon twice a month like the crazies?


That's the difference between fans and fandom. Being one doesn't mean you're automatically part of the other.

Maybe the problem is that Jo needs to try and do more interviews for older, and/or more devoted fans. The Memerson chat was really nice, because Melissa Anelli and Emerson Spartz are crazies (heck, as admins of huge HP sites they're almost the Fruits of the Crazies), and they asked questions that mattered to fans - crazies and moderate. So maybe Jo needs to seek out more like that. I'm hoping her middle and high school chats will offer some opportunities, at least.

I don't think this will happen, mainly because the series is over -- but also because there's only so much "OMG YOU WHORE HOW COULD WRECK MY 'SHIP/THEORY/ETC." screeching from disappointed and hugely overreacting fans a human being can take.

Jo doesn't "need" to try and do more interviews for her fandom. It'd be nice if she did, but it's not necessary.