Nobody says anything, save Skeeter, and it only serves to confirm things we already knew were going to happen when we devoured the original epilogue. It's merely a tableau confirming that, yes, in 2014 Harry and the gang, though graying prematurely in their mid-thirties, are indeed still alive. (If you want to skip the whole tedious Pottermore registration process, the whole story is reprinted here.) It's hilarious to hear news of the old gang through the bitchy mouth of magical journalism's biggest liar-Ginny got a job at the Daily Prophet (because she's famous, of course)! Neville and his wife are (definitely not, but OK) alcoholics!-but nothing actually happens in this story. Written in the shade-heavy voice of tabloid reporter-slash-gossip-queen Rita Skeeter, the report is essentially an epilogue to the epilogue in Hallows, detailing the ensemble's return to the Quidditch stands, this time in Patagonia. And presumably, it's why over the last few months the author has been writing short stories for her Pottermore fan site about the 2014 Quidditch World Cup finals, with the latest one featuring an appearance by the 'no longer fresh-faced teenagers' of Dumbledore's Army: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna, all accompanied by their children (and in Harry's case, his godson Teddy). Fulfilling those hopes is (probably) why she published the supplement The Tales of Beedle the Bard and sold that 800-word Potter 'prequel' for charity in 2008. I say this with every ounce of Potter love that is possible for a human being to express: J.K., please let it die.įor years Rowling devotees-generations of now-adults hanging onto her every Hogwarts-related breath-lived in hope that she might bend on her promises that Deathly Hallows would be the last Harry Potter book she'd ever write. But today, as the internet goes nuts over the fact that Rowling has released a new wizarding world short story, a pallor has settled over the franchise that just can't go unaddressed any longer.

I've stood in line for hours-in cosplay, no less-to snatch up and immediately devour the next installment of Harry's seven-year stint at Hogwarts. I've been a hardcore follower of the series from the minute I got my hands on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the fifth grade.

But after the run ended in 2007 with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, fans were enveloped in a bleak period of mourning. Rowling consistently delivered one great tale after another to her faithful disciples. During her seven-book, 13-year run, author J.K. There was a time when Harry Potter fans sincerely could not imagine a world without more Harry Potter stories.

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