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The Art of Being Straight

In this part of the interview Vieira and Rowling talk about the influence Jos mothers death had on the books, the original last sentence of the series, Jos relationship with Dan, Emma and Rupert, and the record-breaking book sales. The interview contains Deathly Hallows spoilers. Here is the first part of the NBC TodayShow interview of Rowling with Meredith Vieira and some fans is now online in video form at the MSNBC website. This part of the interview discusses what various characters are doing at the time of the epilogue, and has a bit to say about Snape. The interview contains Deathly Hallows spoilers. UPDATE: Full transcript completed! AQ staffer Jules has finished a full transcript. This was trickier than usual because NBC released 2 videos with slightly different content. Our transcript contains everything. Thanks Jules! Jo said she probably will publish an encyclopedia of the Potter world. However, she wants to take a break, So you may be waiting. During the Book 7 epilogue, Hogwarts already had a new Headmaster because McGonagall was really getting on a bit. There is a now a permanent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. The jinx on the position was broken when Voldemort died. Jo could see Harry giving the odd talk on DADA. Weasley was the character who got a reprieve. Jo was planning to kill him off when she wrote her first drafts. Jos favorite passage in all the books is in Chapter 34 of Deathly Hallows, when Harry walks into the forest intending to sacrifice himself so that Voldemort will be defeated. I didnt cry as I was writing that chapter, but when I finished writing, I had an enormous explosion of emotion and I cried and cried and cried. Jo said the Epilogue was supposed to be a lot more detailed than what it turned out to be. It was even supposed to contain the names of the children born to the Weasley clan for the past 19 years. But it didnt work very well as a piece of writing, she said. It felt very much that I had crowbarred in every bit of information I could. Victoire, the girl who was snogging Teddy Lupin and Tonks son, is Bill and Fleurs eldest daughter. Harry and Ron are working as Aurors. Harry heads the Auror Department. Harry and Ron utterly revolutionized the Auror Department. They are now the experts. It doesnt matter how old they are or what else theyve done. Hermione is pretty high up in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Harry, Ron, and Hermione revolutionized the Ministry of Magic. It has now evolved into a really good place to be. Luna is travelling the world, looking for mad creatures. Shes a naturalist, whatever the wizarding equivalent of that is. Even though she has already said they wont be hooking up, Jo said that she felt a bit of a pull The Art of Being Straight Neville and Luna. She has decided to leave the The Art of Being Straight of their relationship open at the end of Book 7 because to the otherwise would be too neat.