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An Open Letter To J.K. Rowling

Please Let Harry Potter Rest In Peace

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An Open Letter To J.K. Rowling

Eighteen years ago you gifted me and countless other readers with Harry Potter and The Sorcer's Stone. I will never be able to fully thank you for this gift. Because of Harry Potter I fell in love with reading. I started to do better in school because I wanted to be just like Hermione. I was braver so Harry would be proud of me. I was loyal to my friends like Ron. And to this day one of the greatest compliments I have ever recieved is that I could be the next J.K. Rowling. I really am grateful for all you have given us Potterheads.

But please let Harry Potter rest in peace.

A part of me was left behind in the final chapter of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I will forever cling to my final moment of reading a Harry Potter book for the last time. Because that was my last time, even with the new book that was released. Watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows pt 2 (not that it was necessary to split it into two parts) was my last time seeing a Harry Potter movie even with Fantastical Beasts coming out.

I know you are not fully responsible for the projects. Two other people worked on the script of Harry Potter and The Cursed Child. Fantastical Beasts will be merely an extension of your ideas as all movies are to their writers. Some projects like Pottermore and the Universal theme park are even great additions to the Harry Potter world. I understand you only wish to please your fans.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione are great friends of mine. I entered the world of magic with them. I defnded the stone, discovered the chamber, rescued the prisoner, was chosen by the goblet, joined the order, learned from the prince, and mastered the hallows. I also left them behind with fond memories. Memories that are being wrecked by the very person who created them.

These characters in the cursed child are not the ones I fell in love with. Ron is as useless as he is in the movies (other than some strange comic relief). Hermione is a ghost of her character. Harry is a terribly dull protagonist. Albus Potter is whinier than his father in the Order of Phoenix. The only thing that saves the book is Scorpius Malfoy, who is a beautiful ray of sunshine and needs to be protected at all costs. I shutter at what has been done with my childhood friends. I fear for their memories if anything else is to come to them. Please, J.K. Rowling, just let them rest in peace. After all they...we have been through. We deserve some peace.

When the series first ended all I wanted was another book. Another movie. Another moment. Now all I want is for the series to be left alone.

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