![]() ![]() Leaky and PotterCast are proud and excited to bring you a very special interview with the one and only J.K. JKR: (sighs) Well, I’ve got nothing better to do. ![]() We can talk about this for longer if you want. (SU laughs) Jo, we are about ready to get ready to start a recording here. SU: Yeah but- see? She did not go around with a whip and say, “Yah! You must work in the kitchens!” ( MA:Sue!) Right? ( SU: Yeah.) Let’s pay them.” It was just, “Well we’ll bring them somewhere they can work and not be abused.” There was no kind of activism there, so no one’s going to say, “Here’s an idea, let’s free them. So that would be to give them good conditions of work. I would say that Hufflepuff gave- Hufflepuff did what was the most moral thing to do at that time, and we are talking about over a thousand years ago. JN: What I’m telling Sue is that if she remembered from when we talked about this in New York, ( JKR: Yes.) Jo said that Helga Hufflepuff was a plantation owner ( SU: No! She gave them refuge! Refuge! R-E…) of House Elves… They are still arguing about this and I’m sick of it. ![]() JKR: Hi! (laughs) Well, House Elves, go on then. Rowling (JKR): This had better not be about House Elves. The best way is probably by asking the expert.įiddy: Well, let me see if we can get a hold of her. Not the House Elves and Hufflepuff thing again, is it?įiddy: Oh no. MA:They’re at it again, and we just- I’m just going to go crazy, ugh.įiddy: Oh, no. It sounds like you’ve got John and Sue with you. (laughs) Is that Melissa?įiddy: Hi Melissa. Please stay on the line.įiddy: Oh goodness. Telephone Operator: Thank you, code accepted. ![]() MA:Okay guys, seriously, we have to do the right numbers now, okay? Hang on. If you know your party’s extension, please enter it now, at any time. Telephone Operator: Thank you for calling the Muggle Liaison Office. MA:Hang up! Hang up! John! Sue! Hang up, hang up. ( JN: Yay!) Please use your numeric keypad to spell out the last name of the staff member you wish to reach. Telephone Operator: Welcome to the Faculty Directory. ( JN: Go ahead.) (phone beeps) Okay, Okay. Telephone Operator: For the Faculty Directory ( MA:What? What was that?) press naught. MA:You guys, what was that? Shh, I’m trying to figure it out. ( SU: I’m going.) For all other inquiries, please press four, or stay on the line and your call will be connected with a House Elf in the order it was received. If you are calling to check on the current status for tickets to any of the upcoming Quidditch matches, ( JN: Oh! I want to…) please press three now. If you are calling in regards to last week’s incident with the Giant Squid, press two now. Telephone Operator: If you are the parent or guardian of a child currently attending Hogwarts, please press one now. ( JN: The what?) ( MA:Yeah, guys.) If you know your party’s extension, please enter it now, at any time. Thank you for calling the Hogwarts Muggle Liaison Office. JN: All right, what’s this all about? (phone rings) There will never be another PotterCast again if we don’t get to the bottom of this. We chat all the time, Noelover42, are you new here? There must be an end somewhere to this argument. MA:Yeah I know, but you just won’t do it. JN: We’re about to start the show, I guess. ( JN: Oh, hey, Melvin.) Oh, my go- hi! How you doing? Melissa Anelli (MA): Okay, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys, guys. ( SU: No!) All these other creatures, ( SU: They could’ve…) they probably came in wagons to the castle. (SU sighs) That’s a whole unique event with Dobby. JN: There’s this big elaborate thing with every House Elf there with a Malfoy-like master, ( SU: What?) that they were all given socks by some other Harry-type person. She said that just as Dumbledore gave refuge to Dobby, they were free. Jo specifically said that they were- ( JN: I remember this.) what? But you know what, John? I still keep thinking about what you were saying the other day about the House Elves. John Noe (JN): Sue, which Bit-by-Bit are we doing this week, anyway? □ HUGE thanks as always to our fabulous elves. Rowling (to hear it yourself, just click the play button on the right side of this page, or visit this link for all the appropriate information or just:Īnd now, enjoy! The audio for part two will be up later tonight or early tomorrow. Thanks to our wonderful transcription elves, you can now read the transcript of the first part of our Harry Potter podcast, PotterCast‘s interview with J.K. ![]()
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