My subscription goes great with my midnight show tickets for the very last Harry Potter movie ever, at which I plan to weep openly along with all the high school seniors dressed in Potter regalia. Yes, I know they are mourning their childhood while I am, at best, just being a sop.
Yes, I’m FULLY aware that in about two months my age will start with a three, which makes me a grown up, official style. None of that matters. I still love me some Harry Potter.
That being said, what can J.K. really have to say that’s going to pay off all this pomp and circumstance? When I see owls flitting around a rolling countdown I get excited, but am I getting excited for the announcement of a new webpage that’s just going to gather all of the Harry Potter goodness on the interwebs under one name, which Warner Brothers has conveniently purchased the rights for seventeen ways from Sunday?
Chances seem exceedingly good.
Especially since everyone has acknowledged that the mystery announcement probably has something to do with the new Pottermore domain that has been set up.
Is Pottermore going to be worth my excitement? Is it going to be worth the excitement of the even more psychotic Potter fans, like this one quoted by the UK Guardian from the fansite, Mugglnet?
“Wow! This is probably the most exciting thing ever! I am shaking hardcore because I am so excited!”
Chances of that seem EXCEEDINGLY poor.
The best guesses for what Pottermore will be are an encyclopedia, or a multi-player online role playing experience (get it? Potter-Multiplayer-Online-Roleplaying-Experience).
An ENCYCLOPEDIA?? REALLY?
You thought being in Vancouver after a hockey game was bad? You ain’t seen nothing yet.
Everyone knows that too much anticipation leads to nothing but disappointment and there is nothing about the Pottermore build up that could possibly live up to the anticipation of a whole generation of young people who feel as though a major chapter of their childhoods is closing this July when the credits roll on the final Harry Potter film.
The only thing that could justify the kind of madness that’s brewing over Pottermore is a new book, and the world has been thoroughly assured that a new book is not on the way. That means you’ve now got one day, 15 hours, 30 minutes and 27 seconds to stock your pantry and batten your hatches before the Harry Potter Riots begin.
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Omg, the optimism is just overwhelming.
Idgaf, she can do what she likes.
I don’t think that cow’s teets are quite raw enough – I’m sure there’s a few more drops left – even if she has to suck it out with a Hoover.
Let it go JK….you’re time is up. Let Potter go and come up with something new for god’s sake. I think you have milked that cow to death! We know it’s not a new book, so why don’t you write something…you’re a WRITER FOR GOD’S SAKE