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We've all heard the story of how J.K Rowling came upon the idea of writing the most popular children's book today. Or if you haven't this is the excerpt from wikepedia -

In 1990, J. K. Rowling was on a crowded train from Manchester to London when the idea for Harry suddenly "fell into her head". Rowling gives an account of the experience on her website saying:^[42]

"I had been writing almost continuously since the age of six but I had never been so excited about an idea before. I simply sat and thought, for four (delayed train) hours, and all the details bubbled up in my brain, and this scrawny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who did not know he was a wizard became more and more real to me."

She says that the idea for Harry just "fell into her head" but we have reason to think otherwise. "Harry may not have been all that original after all", says a boy named Malcolm (not his real name).

CG: So Malcolm, this is a grave accusation you're making. Are you saying that Ms. Rowling stole the idea for the Harry Potter books?
M: I won't go so far as saying that she "stole" the idea, all I'm saying is that she may have had some help visualizing the world she wrote. The boy with the lightning scar, broken glasses and jet black hair may not have been all that original.

CG: Please elaborate.
M: Actually I used to have black hair and wore thick round glasses. My hair was pretty wild then. But after she came out with her book, I had to dye my hair brown and was forced to wear contacts for the fear of people associating me with her character.

CG: Wait a minute, are you saying that she got her idea from you?
M: You see, I was there in Manchester Station that day in 1990. She might have seen me passing through the wall between platforms 9 and 10.

CG: But isn't platform 9 3/4 in England?
M: Well, she could've just changed it right? It's called poetic license.

CG: Let's say she DID get her idea from that. You're still saying that you can pass through the wall in between two platforms.
M: Don't you get it? I'm a wizard.

CG: You're saying you're a REAL wizard? You can perform magic?
M: Well, technically that's what being a wizard means. But wait- you're changing the topic.

CG: Sorry. Sorry. So Going back to Ms. Rowling. Even if she DID use that image she saw of you to create her world, that's just the point- she created her own world.
M: Well, we can't give her credit for creating the Wizarding world, I mean, it was there before she was even born.

CG: Let's assume there is a Wizarding world..
M: Well, there is..
CG: .. and she saw you going through the platform and then went on to write Harry Potter from that. It's not like she wrote your biography without your permission. Most of the stuff in her books are made up!
M: But that's where you're wrong, almost all of what she wrote, with a few tweaks, are real. If she "made up" these stuff, then why does our world fit almost perfectly with hers? I'm convinced this is a conspiracy.

CG: You mean, the stuff in her books - Hogwarts, Quidditch, Dementors.. are real?
M: Well, yeah.. Someone must have let her have a peek into our world, gave her details..


CG: Does this mean that basically YOU'RE the Harry Potter, only you're named Malcolm?
M: Well, that's not really the point-
CG: I can't see the lightning scar..
M: I don't have one.. stop touching me, no-
CG: You're an orphan then? Did Voldermort kill your parents?
M: Well that's the twist isn't it though?
CG: What?
M: I'm thinking that this is all Dumbledore's idea-
CG: The headmaster?
M: Well, he isn't anymore..
CG: But there is a REAL Dumbledore?
M: yeah. He's the most feared wizard-
CG: We know that from the books...
M: He's also the most powerful Dark Wizard-
CG: but He's the good guy!
M: That's what he wants you to think.
CG: So the book is wrong?
M: What is said in the book is more or less true. It was through his efforts that we were able to get rid of He-who-must-not-be-named, what it fails to mention is that Dumbledore was able to find the path to immortality, farther even than him (Voldermort).
CG: He's alive then?
M: When read about his death, he didn't really die. He was able to resurrect himself more powerful than before and used this to take control of the World- not only ours but also yours. It was all part of his plan - to first get rid of You-know-who and then take his place.
CG: Don't you know better, I can't believe nobody stepped in to stop him.
M: Everyone's brainwashed you know. They believe anything he says. I think it was he who contacted Ms. Rowling in order to relay his story to everyone.
CG: I can't believe this!
M: You're one of the billions who don't. That book is proving to be the perfect vessel of his evil.

CG: But if you're "supposedly" Harry, can't you do something to stop him?
M: But I'm not Harry. I'm Malcolm. There is a real Harry Potter who is blond, blue eyed with a macho physique. She just borrowed my background to make him more likable. His parent's weren't murdered like mine, he didn't suffer with Muggle step parents like me, and he's not unpopular like me.
CG: So who did those things? Who thwarted Quirrell, killed the Basilisk, win the Triwizard tournament..?
M: When those books first came out, people teased me incessantly. Saying I was taking credit for Harry's achievements, just because I looked like how they portray him in the book. Saying I was a "hero wannabe." I couldn't take it. I changed how I looked.
CG: What do you want to achieve by saying all this?
M: I just want to warn everyone. Not just wizards, but also muggles. A lot of deaths are happening right now, even muggle celebrities are not safe. While wizards are not yet feeling the effects of Dumbledore's reign, he's intent upon making all muggles suffer. I have a feeling this coming 2012 will be his greatest act- wiping out all muggles.
CG: the end of the world...
M: not our world surely, but yours.

CG: I think we need a break-
M: go ahead.
CG: I don't think I'll be posting this.
M: You have to though, you owe it to your fellow muggles. Even if they don't believe you.
CG: I guess so..
M: That's it then, thank you for interviewing me. I must be off. I'm trying to get a spot on Oprah.
CG: w-wwait!
M: huh?
CG: You told us all this but you didn't say how we would survive..
M: I would suggest hiding under a rock.
CG: No really.
M: Go to go then. Good luck! *pop*
CG: wait!




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