I sure as fuck don't want her writing anything to do with Harry's future nineteen years later, because no matter if it's terrible or not it WILL get made into a movie. Can you imagine sitting through two and a half hours of Danielle Radcliffe in old man make-up? Two hours of watching his silicon saggy jowls jiggling? Or Bonnie Wright's neck waddle? The ten minute scene at the end of DH Part 2 is enough for me thanks.

The sad thing is I'll go see it even if it's awful because I'm that obsessed.

Just like The Last Airbender. I knew it was going to be an eye-gougingly horrendous shitreel, yet the tiny, masochistic, miniature version of myself that controls my brain made me go see it anyway.

 

You misunderstand me. I'm not saying she's a bad writer, I'm not saying she isn't creative. I'm saying that given the writing of the last couple books, I don't think she has any decent ideas left. Re-reading them, being more of a critic then I was the first time, they sounded like she was just pulling the story out of her ass as she went, and not doing a very good job.

Don't get me wrong, they had a couple moments where they where somewhat fresh, and they where still certainly better then a lot of the other shit out there. But the earlier books where much better, and even THEY weren't THAT well written. Show me a single book in the entire series that doesn't have a point that makes no sense.

Look at all the plot holes, the boring points, the random instances of stupidity. Look at those, and ask yourself: How likely is it that J.K. Rowling manages to write another compelling series within the Harry Potter world?

I'm not saying it'll defiantly suck. I hope it doesn't, if she does write a new HP book. God knows I enjoyed the original series enough, with all it's flaws, and the fanfiction beats that of any other series I've seen in quality nine times out of ten. But I'm a realist, man. I don't think she has it in her to write another series, and I doubt she'll leave it at one book.

The old article was relevant, even if I didn't find it. *shrugs* hate me if you want, but I don't really see how that helps matters.

 

I am reminded of (insert name) rock bands "last " tour.

 

Hopefully it wouldn't be post DH, because...
- where's the peril? We already know that Harry et al are alive nineteen years later, so it would have to be post epilogue, which means...
- Albus Severus and the others. Who cares?

First War/Marauders or Dumbledore vs Grindlewald, and I'll be interested.

 

Nothing wrong with it. You just used so many words for something that can be described with one.

Also was there any author who wrote a fanfiction of their own work? I remember that Andrzej Sapkowski (writer of The Witcher and Hussite Trilogy) did a short story that was basically AU and happy ending for The Witcher books even before he wrote last book of the series. Anyone else did something similar?

 

I'm not sure, to be honest.

 

Noooooo wtf if she writes any more books they better not be sequels. D: Post-epilogue stories are awful.

 

Not a chance in hell. While DLP is the shit, HP is still a children's books, what with good x evil. She would never go there.

 

Why would she? I just don't get it. She made hundreds of millions on sub-par books 6 and 7 let it go J.K!

 

Ya certainly do. :awesome

 

This is nothing new, though I somehow doubt she'll go backwards in time. She doesn't seem the type to clear up old plot lines, given what we've seen of her writing style in the original series.

Their childrens' trials will be the next series, no doubt in my mind. Probably some new dark lord and maybe some teamwork between the trio's kids and Malfoy's to show a progression from the standard Gryffindor/Slytherin struggle. It will still be good versus evil, as she knows she's still selling this work to children and teens for the most part, and more than likely it will add the same sort of self-sacrifice deus ex machina we saw in original canon.

Honestly, I enjoyed the first seven enough to give the next few a chance, though this will end up being the same as the DBZ fandom. A huge outburst of new-age character fics with a minority of authors (DLP probably falling within this category) who decide to stick with the old.

 

The Marauder years would make the most sense, or the next generation of kids. As is is, I don't wanna see shit about Dumbledore's early years:

1. She's hinted that Grindelwald's reign ties in with WWII - and her respect for historical dates/timelines simply does not exist. Unless she's gonna "LOL TIME TURNER" the fuck outta everything....

2. Grindelwald + Dumbledore. What's the equivalent roaring chest monster for those two ? I don't wanna see it, and neither do you.

3. Even 3 books wouldn't do it justice, much less another seven, since Dumbledore apparently has soooo many skills and skeletons in his closet (amongst other things. Punny). I definitely think she either doesn't have the juice to do it justice anymore, or she'd simply get tired of it.

 

I would love to see Dumbledore's character be done more justice. He just seemed so disgustingly perfect all through the books, even with the way Harry feels like he's been used by the man. The final book started to flesh him out a bit and gave him a few skeletons, but it just seemed so out of the blue that I want her to flesh out his magical genius, arrogance and inevitable failures.

I would honestly enjoy a subtle, developing relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, if only to show how his narcissism and arrogance lead to him falling for someone so like himself. Their drama and battles would be absolutely epic, as long as she gets Shezza to write her fight-scenes for her...

 

Book 8: Harry Potter and the bottle of firewhiskey.

 

Book eight: Harry Potter and a Divorce.

I don't Harry could stand the kind of Molly Weasley bullshit Ginny would inevitably shove down his throat. Harry may talk about family, but the guy breathes adventure. He'd more likely marry Luna and go search out dangerous magical animals.

 

I think vlad is write, HP is HP because for an uber-popular fantasy world there are just so many unanswered questions. This allows pretty much everyone to write their own interpretation without the canon cops jumping on them, or the sheer amount of backstory and detail drowning them, a la LoTR.

But it might be good, if she could write a few standalone novels, it seems the pressure of having to wrap up the series in seven books (a limit she set for herself for seemingly no reason) may have gotten to her.

But then again do we really want an EU universe cluttered with more mediocre books, filling in every interesting hole with sub-par plots. Some universes like Star Wars and Dragonlance can take expansion because theres so much territory set up but not explored.

In this aspect JKR shot herself in the foot; I've always said the weakness of the series was it's extremely focused perspective. It robbed us of any real knowledge of anything other than Harry and Voldemort. And if she starts writing books outside that I think it would begin to fell un-HP-like.

 

I'd read that first thing, so long as it asnt filled with pointless drama and (god forbid) fluff.

 

And the fandom is overrun with Young! Dumbledore/Grindlewald slash.

I think I've said it before, but I wouldn't really mind seeing the years at Hogwarts through a different set of eyes. Maybe a professor, marketing the books more towards adults? Watching Harry and company grow up, while managing school, wizarding politics, and the war. Flitwick? McGonagall? Dumbledore? Even Snape? I don't really know, but I'd like to further explore the magical world without the teenage angst and bullshit present in the last 2-3 books.

 

Sweet zombie Jesus, please save me from any more uninteresting, so-called "Marauder Era" horse shit, even if it would be canon.

I'm not sure whether that would be better or worse than a shitty clone-kids, third generation fic. It might be bearable if, in a fit of rebellion, ASP decided he wanted to be called by a different name.

It would almost have to be better than reading about the adventures of apparently canon!douche-bag, James Potter, and Lily's doomed (I owe you for introducing me to magic but I can't help but wish I didn't feel obligated to remain in) friendship with why-does-he-always-smell-like-soured-milk!Snape.

LOL. Emma Watson must have a killer agent or something. How else do you explain the fact that, from the pics I've seen, 30-something Harry, Ron, and Ginny look like they should be shopping for adult diapers (or caskets), while thirty-something Hermione looks... just like she did back in school, only a little more tired (it makes her continued marriage to Ron even more sad and laughable... he looks like a hobo clown... and everyone hates those damned things too).

"I'm sorry, sir, but Ms. Watson says appearing old in that scene could hurt her modeling contracts."

"Well, can we at least add some gray in her hair?"

"Perhaps for another million..."

"Fine, how about we just make her hair kind of flat and frumpy?"

"Mmmmm-okay, fine, but she gets approval of all dailies."

"FFFFFFUUUUUU-"

On the other hand, a story bout Harry having some sort of adventures before Ginny tied him down might be vaguely interesting.

Ron can stay at home eating chocolate frogs and pondering what Hermione meant about personal improvement and the benefits of bettering oneself "if they ever hope to get a wife," while Ginny can go about having her quidditch career.

And Hermione can join Harry with whatever mischief he's getting up to, whilst explaining to him that "What they don't know won't hurt them and I'm not saying 'til death do us part' until I've known another man's touch; now get on the damn bed! I want to make sure that my fall-back man knows what he's doing for when I completely give up on marriage in ten years or so and only stay with Ron 'for the kids' sake.'"

Yeah, Hermione's got her affair planned out a decade in advance. No surprise there.