I certainly agree with the idea that fanfiction gets less creative the more extensive canon becomes. Coming up with and writing a story that moves in a lateral direction is much more difficult than veering slightly.

 

The more JKR canonizes fanon ideas, the more rigid the world of Harry Potter becomes. Obviously, a writer can simply choose to ignore canon - plenty of great stories do - but I find it pandering.

One reason I love the HP is the fact that a lot is left unsaid or unnoticed by Harry in the series, so we don't get a look at everything. Therefore more room for interpretation.

Also, JKR's world of magic is incredibly malleable, because she never made it rigidly structured. We have very little understanding of how magic works (as far as I know).

I rigidly ignore Pottermore and everything else. It's not that I hate it, but that I have an idea of HP in my head and I enjoy my own imagination more than I enjoy an author pandering to their fandom.

 

Agreed. With features like "35 problems all Harry Potter fans will understand," Pottermore is the wizarding equivalant of BuzzFeed.

 

Isn't she already milking the franchise dry and monetizing the residue? But it'd be probably too much to ask to stop writing, when you're out of good ideas, right?

 

While I like the idea of JK Rowling putting her takes on the what if's of Harry Potter, I think it makes more sense for it to go in Pottermore than in a book.