J K Rowling is pretty active on Twitter, and often enough releases new canon information there.
However, the vast majority of her tweets are completely unrelated to Harry Potter.
Is there any complete list of all of her Harry Potter related tweets?
While not necessary, compiling an extensive list yourself is also good :-)
Answer
This list should be complete as of December 2016, though it is very possible that some tweets were missed.
This list was started by @Alexwchan using some Python scripts that used the Twitter API to get a complete list of JK Rowling’s tweets. Those scripts, in a very rough form, are on GitHub. This answer is now a community wiki. People should feel free to update it.
In order to properly fit everything with links, this has been divided into two separate answers. This one will only focus on the tweets which aren't related to the Fantastic Beasts film.
Per Accio Quote rules, only information in quotation marks is from JKR herself – everything else is my paraphrasing. Links throughout.
A complete copy of the original text of all of the tweets has been compiled elsewhere (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Characters
Although he was gay, Dumbledore didn’t experience homophobia in the magical world. “The wizards don't give a damn – it's all about the magic for them.”. Hogwarts was a safe space for LGBT students. Likewise, race wasn't an issue either.
Anthony Goldstein (a Ravenclaw student in Harry’s year) was Jewish. He wasn’t the first or only Jewish student in the school, but he got special mention because he was one of the original forty students. His name comes from one of Rowling's friends.
On the topic of religion, the only religion she didn’t imagine at Hogwarts was Wiccan. (Because it's "a different concept of magic".
Fluffy was “repatriated to Greece” by Dumbledore.
Ron's Patronus is a Jack Russell.
Moaning Myrtle's full name is Myrtle Elizabeth Warren. The name was chosen to match the time period and has nothing to do with the US Senator of the same name.
Of the two Weasley twins, Fred was born first.
Regarding Lupins death: "Arthur lived, so Lupin had to die. I'm sorry. I didn't enjoy doing it. The only time my editor ever saw me cry was over the fate of Teddy."
Harry intentionally didn’t name a child ‘Remus’, so that Teddy could use the name for his own son. Harry only "chose to perpetuate the names of the two who had nobody in their families to do so." He didn't name his kid elvendork becuase Rowling wanted to save the name for herself in case she had a fourth child.
Madam Pince comes from a childhood fear of scary librarians. (I’m slightly guessing – the context from the tweet she was replying to is missing.)
Luna’s birthday is 13th February.
Uncle Vernon loves Top Gear and signed the petition for Clarkson’s reinstatement. But when asked if Vernon would make a good host, she said “His total lack of charm or charisma might have prevented it becoming a global franchise”. He would vote for Brexit.
Hagrid couldn’t produce a Patronus.
James S Potter (Harry’s son) was sorted into Gryffindor. Teddy Lupin was sorted into Hufflepuff, and eventually became Head Boy. (tweet) Teddy was only appeared at Platform 9 3/4 the following year so he could say goodbye to Victoire.
Ron is not a time-travelling Dumbledore. Nor is Draco a werewolf, or Snape a vampire. Dumbledore as Death, however, is "a beautiful theory which fits". Dumbledore is not Jeremy Corbyn. (She gets asked this one a lot.)
Rowling finds it strangely upsetting that anyone would believe Fawkes is Dumbledore's Hurcrux. He isn't, and the theory makes no sense if you've "read and understood the books".
Sirius’s birthday is 3rd November.
Draco Malfoy was born on June 5th, 1980. "Girls are misguided to fancy him."
"Snape had his faults, but he was incredibly brave."
Why Harry named his kid after Snape (aka "Snape: Good, Evil or What?"):
"Snape died for Harry out of love for Lily. Harry paid him tribute in forgiveness and gratitude.¹" (Forgiveness for when "Snape projected his hatred and jealousy of James onto Harry².")
"There's a whole essay in why Harry gave his son Snape's name, but the decision goes to the heart of who Harry was, post-war.³
"Snape is all grey. You can't make him a saint: he was vindictive and bullying.⁴ You can't make him a devil: he died to save the wizarding world.⁵ In honouring Snape, Harry hoped in his heart that he too would be forgiven. The deaths at the Battle of Hogwarts would haunt Harry forever.⁶
"No, not a rant; I'm thoughtful, not upset! Snape deserves both admiration and disapprobation, like most of us.⁷
"Snape was a bully who loved the goodness he sensed in Lily without being able to emulate her. That was his tragedy.⁸ Snape didn't die for 'ideals'. He died in an attempt to expiate his own guilt. He could have broken cover at any time to save himself⁹ but he chose not to tell Voldemort that the latter was making a fatal error in targeting Harry. Snape's silence ensured Harry's victory.¹⁰ He stood to gain nothing personally but the triumph of the cause Lily had believed in. He was trying to do right.¹¹"
Snape is "the big hero/bully. He really was the best/worst".
Why was Wormtail in Gryffindor? "'I sometimes think we Sort too soon.' He travelled further and further from who he could have been."
Voldemort was "nowhere near as bad" as American businessman Donald Trump.
Canon Hermione has "brown eyes, frizzy hair and is very clever, but white skin was never specified". (Though this does contradict the way that she was described in book 6, and the way that Rowling always drew her.)
Hedwig's death was symbolism to death of childhood.
Dobby's birthday is on June 28th, because that's Rowling's sister's brithday, who loves the character.
William the Pukwudgie's voice sounds like Tom Waits.
Dean Thomas was called Gary in the original draft of Philosopher's Stone, but Jo forgot this until being reminded with a picture.
Places
Magic
Why wasn’t the soul fragment in Harry destroyed in Chamber of Secrets? Because it has to be “destroyed BEYOND REPAIR, so Harry would need to have DIED”.
With the ring, the cracked stone was irreparable, but the magic of the resurrection stone survived. Only Dumbledore could have destroyed the horcrux but not the original charm.
What cause a Patronus to change? “If it's eternal love, unchanging - part of you forever.”
Muggle-borns come through "recessive genes".
Divination is "a very imprecise branch of magic", which Rowling does not believe in, attributing it to "pure coincidence" instead.
Magic was involved in planning Bill and Fleur's wedding.
"Nearly all wizards use wands, which makes magic easier to channel. Wandless magic is sophisticated and takes more talent.¹ Wands and brooms (and flying cars) are tools that channel magic. The most gifted can dispense with them.² However, there's a cultural tradition of using wands and broomless flight is (as you might imagine) very risky
Most wizards produce more precise magic by using the correct wand, which is why they've been widely adopted.⁴ As children, wizards often produce accidental magic when they feel strong emotion. Wands help control and channel this power.⁵ The wizards deny the right to bear wands to other categories of magical being. Some think that unfair.⁶"
A duel between wand magic and wandless magic depends entirely on the individual. "A Goyle with a wand will lose to a Dumbledore without one. Most would choose wands to duel."
"Better humans make better wizards."
Mythical creature Patronuses are rare.
The spell used to create a Hurcrux is still a secret.
There is a distance limit in Apparition, and Inter-continental Apparition is "very dangerous" due to splinching. There are also Magical Customs.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
This is a play happening in London, announced on Twitter. It will not be a movie.
It's not a prequel. (She says this a lot.) The story actually takes place 19 years later.
She considers it canon, although the script was written by Jack Thorne, not her. (Jack Thorne was the only writer she "wanted near the Cursed Child".
It would “give away a huge amount” to tell us who the cursed child is, but it isn't Voldemort.
The idea originated from Jack Thorne, John Tiffany and Sonia Friedman, and wasn't the first offer Rowling had received to extend Harry's story
"Due to the epic nature of the story", the play is in two parts.
The actors for Harry, Ron, and Hermione were Rowling's first choices, though she was in charge of casting.
Noma Dumezweni, who plays Hermione, is a special woman and the best actress they found. The fact that she is black doesn't matter, "because this is a play, not the 8th [sic] movie."
The script will be published in book form, but it won't be a novel. (Or a prequel.)
The play will come to other countries as well as tour.
The Cursed Child will make you cry (unless you're dead), because that is a writer's job.
JK Rowling
Rowling is a Thunderbird and an INFJ. Her Patronus is a
Pine martenHeron.Rowling's family consists of "2 Hufflepuffs, 2 Gryffindors and 1 Slytherin", her literary agent, Neil Blair is also a Hufflepuff.
If at Hogwarts, Jo would get detention for being "too chicken to get on a broomstick."
JK Rowling had pinned her first rejection letter to her wall because it "gave me something in common with all my favorite writers!". No changes were made to the manuscript until she got an editor.
After Harry, Jo's favorite character is Dumbledore.
Her favorite chapter is Chapter 34 Deathly Hallows 'The Forest Again', which made her bawl, as "it was the culmination of 17 years' work and the most cathartic piece of writing of my life.". Her manuscript was tear stained.
She never saw "Magic Beyond Words", (the biopic about her), and therefore can not comment on it's accuracy. This is because she doesn't "want to watch somebody else's vague idea of what happened".
JK Rowling most wanted magic during the closing of the Brexit vote.
She wont run for Parliament, because she likes writing books, and because people only follow her for 'wizard jokes'.
She has nightmares about forgetting her books when talking to fans.
The first two Harry Potter books were handwritten and then typed on a 10-year-old typewriter. No MacBook Air
Jo "definitely ain't Voldemort", but she is Satan for killing Sirius, and Fred.
J.K Rowling has never turned in a manuscript which wasn't tea stained.
Rowling does not think that Richard Carters's wands are real.
"As many of you have now realised, the Pottermore Patronus Test is finally live! I took the Pottermore test (which I wrote) ages ago when it was a work in progress and got a pine marten Patronus. I was happy, because my fondness for weaselly creatures is well documented. However, when we finalised the Pottermore test last week I took it again and found that it had changed (which, as we know, can happen). My new Patronus has personal associations and I like it even better so as far as I'm concerned, the Pottermore test works! Here's my Patronus" It's a Heron.
Rowling on other Patronuses:
Rat: "Clever, resourceful and (according to the Chinese) lucky!"
Mole: "You got the Lord of the underworld who brings light to darkness. Of course it's awesome."
Peacock: "The peacock is a symbol of immortality in certain cultures and nothing to do with vanity. Just saying."
Vole: "I love them!"
Adder: "That's what you need to fight your fears: face them!"
Osprey: "You cast it, you keep it. (What's wrong with ospreys?) x"
Runespoor: Does it make me evil? "No, it makes you fascinating."The comprehensive (state school) that Rowling attended also had four houses. She was in Armstrong.
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