Joan Rowling, umbhali wochungechunge lwezincwadi eziphathelene nomfana owasinda, akazange athintwe ubuhlakani babalandeli. Ngesikhathi sokuba khona kwe-franchise, abalandeli babhala inganekwane eminingi yabathandi, eyalandela i-canon, yayishintsha noma yabekezelela izinhlamvu zaba enye indawo yonke. URupert Greent noTom Felton banqume ukubheka ulwazi loqobo, ngakho-ke abadlali badlale lo mdlalo "iqiniso noma inganekwane yabalandeli", ngokwemithetho obekudingeka ngayo ukuqinisekisa noma ukuphikisa ngekhadi.
"Ngaphandle kokuthi uHarry ayevela ku-ginny, wayehlala ethandana noDraco," kufundwa uRupert. UTom wahleka waphendula wathi: "Ngicabanga ukuthi iqiniso elisobala. UHarry wayethandana nakanjani ngeDraco. Wayengakwazi ukufihla. " "Ngicabanga ukuthi uMalfoy wenza umbono nge-ron," grint ihlaya.
Abahlanganyeli abaseleyo bomdlalo, phakathi kwabo kwakungu-Evanna Lynch (Half-One), iWarwick Davis (Flitvik) kanye noJames no-Oliver Phelps (uFred noGeorge Wesley) abavumelani nabalingisi. Kuyaphawuleka, kepha uFelton wayengekho ngasohlangothini lwabathandi abaphupha ngokubona iDraco Malfoy kanye neHermione Granger. Futhi embuzweni, noma ngabe ufunda inganekwane fant ngoMalfoy nombumbi, umlingisi uphendule wathi: "Ngibone ubuciko obumbalwa kuphela, kufanele ngivume, ngethukile."