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[RocknRola]

Nice! Looking forward to these, a lot more than the previous ones (about the schools around the globe).

Can't wait to jump into the world of Hogwarts once more!

As for the possibilities of a totally brand new series, with new kids (and possibly in a different school too) I'd be down for it. Though it obviously won't have the same impact for me (nothing JK may do will ever match the excitement of 10 year old me finding out Harry was a wizard for the first time!), a slightly more "up to date" story could certainly charm kids from all over the world once more!

 

[hamchan]

Eh, I'm betting they feel like fanfiction. Fans can tell from a mile away when releases feel obligatory.

Rowling is so rich and has already established herself as an author outside the Harry Potter series, so she doesn't have to write more Harry Potter if she doesn't want to.

 

[oti]

Just give me that Ilvermorny series. Do it.

A completely new series would be pretty neat and the US would lend itself as a setting. But isn't there an Australian school? Make it more interesting with some really weird creatures and such.

 

[zeemumu]

Well It was good reading more Harry Potter. It was great seeing what became of the old gang and the world along with learning about Albus and Scorpius. Harry's relationship with Albus was interesting.

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The alternate timelines were pretty screwed up especially the Voldermort one.

Do I wish the thing had been stretched out into a whole book and also had learned more about Harry's other kids, sure. I personally enjoyed the hell out of the Cursed Child.

Was it though?

Their relationship seemed standard, as did Albus' concerns, and the longer the book went on, the less I liked him.

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And the bad future timeline was interesting but we don't stay in that universe for very long at all

. And yeah, most of the kids of the old team had pretty small roles aside from Albus and Scorpius.

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Even Rose only had about 3 appearances and was at one point wiped from history but I didn't care because we didn't really get an opportunity to know her, or have any reason to care that she was gone aside from her being Ron and Hermione's kid.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Everybody talking about Ilvermorny, fuck that! I want some stories about Uuagadu.

 

[Gigglepoo]

Just write us a new book. God!

Since Deathly Hallows came out, she's written four novels, one short story compilation, one screenplay, and assisted on a play. She's one of the most prolific authors of our day. She'll write a new Harry Potter when she has a good idea. I don't think she'll force it, though. That's not really her style.

 

[LuuKyK]

Wait, Rowling didn't write Cursed Child? I know the book was an adaptation from the play's script, but I thought she did write the actual play.

I think she only supervised it. The other two guys wrote it. Or she co-wrote it. Something like that.

 

[Currygan]

Everybody talking about Ilvermorny, fuck that! I want some stories about Uuagadu.

I'm curious about Ilvermorny too, though. Imagine how twisted are the rules about the open carrying of wands

 

[rekameohs]

Pottermore's pretty cool, so I'm sure it'll be better than Cursed Child. It'd be hard to be worse, frankly.

 

[Blastoise]

I happy I have the original 7. She can't take that away from me.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

in what way

If was a pretty good episode of The Flash.

 

[Monocle]

Definitely up for these. The synopses caught my interest.

 

[DrForester]

Pottermore's pretty cool, so I'm sure it'll be better than Cursed Child. It'd be hard to be worse, frankly.

Ron is now time traveling re-incarnation of Voldemort.

Who is also a drunk.

 

[Road of Ease]

Wait, Rowling didn't write Cursed Child? I know the book was an adaptation from the play's script, but I thought she did write the actual play.

She helped in making the story but Jack Thorne wrote it. So in my understanding, she sanctioned

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the time travel shenanigans and Voldy's daughter

but the characters' lines are all Jack Thorne.

 

[bengraven]

Loved the extra story bits I read on Pottermore so I'm okay with this. I'd love to have them in physical form, though, instead of having to load up PM or my Kindle to read them.

One step closer to the encyclopedia.

 

[Ganzlinger]

Can we just get a Netflix series instead

We can still have an adaption of these.

 

[HellofaMouse]

im actually sick of her teasing people with harry potter stuff over the years.

she should either write a proper book or move on with her life.

 

[gabrielt16]

Both. Mostly new stuff though, I think.

It's mostly Pottermore stuff, only 2 of the books have new material. The politics one has history on Slughorn and another has more history on Minerva and Silvanus Kettleburn. The unreliable guide one is just Pottermore information.

 

[Piers]

Prepping for that new Harry Potter book series, eh Rowling?

It reminds me of people hyping for new Dragon Ball every time a weird little semi-associated manga from Toriyama came out.

 

[hamchan]

im actually sick of her teasing people with harry potter stuff over the years.

she should either write a proper book or move on with her life.

Writing a whole movie trilogy is pretty significant and probably takes all her time.

 

[Verdre]

im actually sick of her teasing people with harry potter stuff over the years.

she should either write a proper book or move on with her life.

She's about to be on book four of her news series - a series she has so far released a book a year for. So she has moved on with her life, but why on earth should she abandon the Potter world completely if she enjoys returning to it now and then?

 

[HellofaMouse]

She's about to be on book four of her news series - a series she has so far released a book a year for. So she has moved on with her life, but why on earth should she abandon the Potter world completely if she enjoys returning to it now and then?

i ment a proper hp book, obviously. i know she writes books.

 

[tauroxd]

I think she only supervised it. The other two guys wrote it. Or she co-wrote it. Something like that.

Yep. she supervised and had a general input into the whole story, but the real act of writing was done by the other two.

 

[Jacob]

Intriguing and I'm tempted to get these since it's probably the closest we'll ever see to the encyclopedia, but I've been unimpressed by a lot of the previous Pottermore material and post-Cursed Child I'm leaning towards a more minimalist conception of the Potter 'verse as I'm rereading the original books.

Wait, Rowling didn't write Cursed Child? I know the book was an adaptation from the play's script, but I thought she did write the actual play.

The book wasn't an adaptation of the play's script, it was the play's script. Rowling was involved with the story but did not write the actual dialogue and stage direction.

 

[LuuKyK]

Pottermore shared today some of the drawings JK did while in the process of writing the first book. I didn't know she could also draw, what a talented person. Not so fancy but I like it, reminds of an old cartoon I used to watch.