Is Severus Snape Lily Potters (long-lost) brother?
• Is Sirius Black really dead? – 42% • What is the significance, if any, of Mark Evans? – 46% • Answer (July 6, 2004): Mark Evans is nobody. • “I couldn’t answer the poll question before now, because I’ve been making arrangements to take my family into hiding. It takes time to arrange fake passports, one-way air tickets to Bolivia and twenty-four hour armed security. “Why should I resort to such desperate measures? Because after you’ve heard this answer, I’ll have to disappear for my own safety. “Now before I get down to it (you can guess what’s coming, can’t you?) I am going to put up a feeble pre-emptive defence. Firstly, you were all spinning highly ingenious theories about Mark Evans, so I thought that you would welcome the chance to hear the truth about him. Secondly, I tried hard not to raise hopes or expectations by adding the crucial words ‘if any’ to the question. Thirdly… there is no thirdly. I’m just killing time. “(Takes deep breath) “Mark Evans is… nobody. He’s nobody
