What will we do when the HP Series is over? v2

Cry.
Post on here. Lots. Until we exhaust all possible topics for discussion.
Reread everything.
Cry again.
Become even more obssessed with reading/writing fanfic than I already am.

sounds good
me too

We'll all go to hell. ;) Hehe. I'll still read them obsessively, but then I suppose I'll have to move on... Whoa, scary though! It seems weird, I do Harry Potter related stuff more than once every day. I suppose they'll remake the movies when I'm older, and then I'll see them and remenise (wow, no idea how to spell that!) and feel a great sense of nostalgia. O.K, this is really weird to think about. :p

I would cry.....alot.

I'll, umm perhaps reminisce the past and appreciate it? or if I'll feel sentimental, I'd cry...

First I will cry soooo much. Then I will spend hours and hours on this site, and read long fanfiction, and wait delisionaly for the 8th book (just kidding) I will see all the movies and post about them as they come out. When I am a parent, I will read HP to them and get them obsessed too! :) But I dont want to think about that now, its too sad.

I'll be sad when the Series is complete. It has brought us so much joy. The books are great. I know someone who's read them at least 10 times. The first time you read them is so magical--you don't know what to expect and things. The second time is just as good, but I find I re-read certain parts of the book or look for certain passages and emphasize on those particular parts in the book. I've read them at least 4 times. They are great, but it's not like the first time when everything is new.
So, knowing me, I'll cry when I finish the last page of the last book and realize there aren't any more books coming.

I'll be sad when the Series is complete. It has brought us so much joy. The books are great. I know someone who's read them at least 10 times. The first time you read them is so magical--you don't know what to expect and things. The second time is just as good, but I find I re-read certain parts of the book or look for certain passages and emphasize on those particular parts in the book.This describes it very well. I'm not sure, if I will be really sad, because the books will be still there. But the big fun of speculating and waiting for the nest step will be away. That's at least a bit sad.

I'm actually quite happy that I got the pleasure to made this experience. There are not often these 'big series' where you really live for the work of someone. :)

Go on COS everyday so that way I can still talk about HP.

Remembering it very fondly realizing the tremendous achievement of one woman who made the world read again .:clap: :clap: :clap:

Enjoying the final movies and getting fanatic about Darren Shan, James Bond, the production of "the Hobbit" with the return of sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf, antcipating the next Narnia movie, there's lots of stuff to anticipate but we'll never forget JKR and her magical world:tu: :tu: :tu:

The moment I finish the last book I will be in utter shock that my years of reading through Harry's adventures are over. I will still read the books though, trying to pick up on some clues the J.K. said were in the previous books(i.e. in the chamber of secrets).

cry and cry and cry and cry.
And once i have no tears left, I will try to look for another book to replace it with no success (i am already sure of that) and then read all the fan fiction that I can find and plead JK by email every day:
"one more? please? really need it."


I have the funny feeling of even not wanting to read the last book because I know it will be the last EVER... and i just dont want it to finish.
I know i will end up reading it in one day but it just a funny feeling.

I will cry, a lot, whether or not the last book is sad. Then, I will read all of the books about 4000 more times, read fanfics, write fanfics, watch the movies, talk about HP, come to this site alot, hmmm.... :lol: As much as I'm DYING to read book 7, now, I don't want to because it means the series is over :sad: I'll try to read other things, but it's not likely i'll get that into it.

I'm not sure, I think there will be a feeling of satisfaction and content, it will be finally over and all the loose ends will be tied up. A sort of sad but happy feeling, bittersweet might be the word I'm looking for. I'll be glad it will all be over, a nice feeling. I owe the HP books a lot, they got me reading, so though I'll probabaly look for another series I doubt I will be as interested as I was with HP. After all, HP has took several years, and it's great being in the middle of the fandom, it must be like the anticipantion they felt in the Victorian era when Conan Doyle published a Sherlock Holmes story each week. The Holmes stories are still loved today, but today's reader weren't there, but we are with the HP sereis, in the middle of all the hype. It's quite good. :)

Cry. Cry. and Cry more!!
Then go on Mugglenet and cry on here!!

cry.
laugh.
cry again.
THEN SING!!!
okay then we can cry again.

Storm Her Castle/House... lol she can afford a castle.... and make her Write MORE!!!!!!!!! lol after a re-reading period and sulking period of course

If it was a happy ending, I'd probably be super happy for a day. Then when it hit me that it was over, I would cry. I would cry forever. I would be depressed. But at least we could all be depressed together. And if Harry dies at the end, there will be mass suicide. Not cool.

Sob. Cry. Go on a maniacal killing spree. No matter what happens at the end, whether it's good or bad, I'm going to sob like a baby, go all depresso, and lock myself up with my computer, posting on CoS, readng fanfiction. I'll try to delude myself as long as possible that it isn't really over. I'm practically crying just thinking about it.

Actually, I'm completely serious(except for *** killing part). I really am going to lock myself up with my computer. Well, not literally lock myself up, but I have to stay away from my family for a day or two so I don't ruin the ending for them. They're slower readers than me and my parents would never forgive me if I ruined it for them.

Write a Fun Fiction stories, about whatever happened in that long [actually] period of time, before that and after that. Write about life the others in that Harry Potter story... about their lives... their loves...

And that's all I have to say about that.....

wow...I don't know.....maybe make a website and lose what little bit of a life i have to my obsession! j/k Um probably still read the books all the time but maybe........start a new series.....*SNIFFS*

hope that more will be written...as for me, i have another series that i enjoy as much as harry potter(that would be the wheel of time by robert jordan)and the author said he won't stop writing the series until they nail shut his coffin, so i have to hope he lives for a loooong time.

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Originally Posted by BabyWerewolf
Cry.
Post on here. Lots. Until we exhaust all possible topics for discussion.
Reread everything.
Cry again.
Become even more obssessed with reading/writing fanfic than I already am.


sounds good
me too

Me three. Lots of crying.

:upset: I guess I could read fanfic too, I will miss it, looking foward the next book coming out and stuff like that. Maybe JKR will write another book that will be about the wizarding world again, that isn't Harry Potter related directly, but it may give us somthing to talk about.

I sure up so! I might cry :upset: But its not the end of the world but nothing will ever be the same as HP to me any way.

I'm not that obessed about it. When its over, its over. I think Rowling is going to write some kind compendum about the books. You know, an in depth story about the various characters in the series. That makes me think book 7 will end on a up note. I'm sure she wants to move on and write other things.

I don't want to think about it. Harry Potter has brought us fans together in a great bond. There are very few things in the world that can make an impact this big. If JKR had thought about Harry the first time and decided that it was a bad idea and that she'd never get it published and just got off the train, then I wouldn't be typing this and you wouldn't be reading it.

You know, book 7 will really mark the end even though all the movies won't yet be out. That's it. The story's over. Okay, now we can wait and see different people's interpretations of it, and fanfictions, and whatever, but the story is OVER.

What are we going to do? I wonder. Will we cry for whoever dies at the end of the book, or will we cry for the end of the book?

Or will we cry for both?

Dumbledore's death had a big effect on me. He has always been my very favorite character, and now that's done with.

And I think that losing the entire cast of characters, and the setting, and the...everything...will be a much, much greater loss.

What will we do? We'll go on forums like this one. We'll read and reread and reread the books. We'll read and write fanfiction and editorials and whatnot. We'll pick up the pieces and try to cope as best we can.

But like any loss, it can never be fully compensated for. We'll be losing something that has become a part of us - and that's a very scary thought.

hope that more will be written...as for me, i have another series that i enjoy as much as harry potter(that would be the wheel of time by robert jordan)and the author said he won't stop writing the series until they nail shut his coffin, so i have to hope he lives for a loooong time.
I tried that serie but after the first few pages I laid it down. Man the words/sentences he uses, can't stand it:D

I don't know what I'll do. I've been reading HP since I was in 4th grade (I'm in 10th now), so it's been a huge event in my life. I've looked forward to every book release and the midnight parties. But after book 7, I won't have that to look forward to. Sure we can read the books, but it won't be the same knowing this time you read the series, you'll have the end in your hands. There won't be any rumors or speculations or wild theories. Sure there will be the movies, but there just not the same as the books. I'll probably cry when I finish the last book, just because it's the end. Man, I don't want to think about this:upset:

When the series is over, I mean to say, when I've read Book 7, I think I'll go back and re-read the series from book 1 to 7. After that, I'll try and get a life I think. :P

Crawl under my bed and cry wishing for the good ole days ;(

It's never going to end, what are you talking about? I can't wait for HP9!

Shhh.... I'm in denial (incase you haven't noticed)!

What will I do when it's over? I'll probably go over to a LotR forum and cry.

See you when HP9 comes out!

AJ

We will form a mass protest to make J.K Rowling write another seven part series of equal quality which will be turned into films made by directors that haven't read the books, get misunderstood by the literary community, get criticised by the catholic Church, banned in schools, nitpicked in online forums, and make J.K Rowling another Trillion Dollars. Oh it will be so much fun. (Either that or we'll all get over it except for the kinds of fans that are transcibing each book on to grain after grain of rice. They will finish the task go blind and throw themselves out the window).

I truly, madly, deeply hope that, since JK Rowling already wrote Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as Quidditch through the ages..she will write Hogwarts: A History too.....PLEASE JK!

I have a feeling all of us Potter-crazies will latch onto whatever other books Jo will produce (I'm sure there will be tons), and pick those, too, apart, bit by bit. Plus, Jo has already admitted that she will not be tying up every single loose end, as there are hundreds (just take a look at all the threads!) The tying is up to us, isn't it?

I will be eagerly awaiting the 'HP Encyclopedia' that J.K. Rowling has tentatively promised... Plus maybe a biography of Dumbledore? His past would make a wonderful book :)

When book seven is out I will wait until movies 5, 6, 7 are out. By then I'll probably be in university and I'll be busy with that!

By the way - I think quite a few people in the world will commit suicide when Harry Potter is over. And I think some deranged fan who's really angry that it's over might assassinate Jo or somthing I don't know...?

When book seven is out I will wait until movies 5, 6, 7 are out. By then I'll probably be in university and I'll be busy with that!

By the way - I think quite a few people in the world will commit suicide when Harry Potter is over. And I think some deranged fan who's really angry that it's over might assassinate Jo or somthing I don't know...?
I do believe this might happen except for the Jo assasination part. There are people that have their lives in HP so... I'll just pray for them to get over it.

Haha yea I guess I got carried away with the Jo getting assassinated - but Im dead serious (haha I said dead in a sentence about suicide! Im so lame...) about some people killing themselves.

There was a person who killed themself when they found out that... err read the first part of my signature.

When Dumbledore was killed that person got kinda emotional... Or emo, I should say. ;|

Well.. once the series is over ,which ,if needs to be described, will be a strange mixture of satisfaction and disappointment for me. Satisfaction that all loose ends are finnally tied up , but disappointment that it is time to step out of Diagon Alley into the muggle world forever.

i think it's gonna be bittersweet. in a way it's one of my remains of my childhood. even thou i'm 23 and a mum myself i started reading these books when i was 13. so although i want to know how the story ends i also don't :/

i am looking forward to when my son is old enough that we can enjoy them together. i can actually read them to him instead of at him! ;) (he's only 16 months!)

It's going to be interesting to see how HP affects life after HP. There's already countless books and articles written about the series... and about the books written about the series. The stories have greatly altered the landscape of the literary world (aside from NY Times having to create a separate Childrens Best Seller List). Colleges and Universities offer classes in this stuff alone.

I'm fairly sure people will be analyzing all things HP for years to come.

New writers in the genre will always be compared to JKR and the series. "Not as good as Harry Potter" or "Gives Harry Potter a run for its money" or things like that.

HP has already worked it's way into the world's psyche in so many ways, that I don't think it will be forgotten anytime soon.

I, too, hope Jo puts out more books, even if they're just encyclopedias, appendices, compendiums, or background information. It's part of that richness she's woven into such a believable tapestry that makes the books so appealing to me. I want to know more about the Goblin Wars, Hogwarts: A History, and all the other things she's casually referenced so far.

And if she doesn't provide those details... then we'll just have to fill in the blanks ourselves. :)

i know what im gonna do...CRY :'(
harry potter has been a huge part of my life for the past eight years. i just can't imagine life without it... haha i know its pathetic but im probably gonna be scared to read the final book because i know that once i finish it THATS IT :(

I want her to write more books- like spin-offs or pequels or something. books about the maraders would be really great... A bit sad but only if you though about it...

i`ll keep reading them
and then there`s always the movies,the posters,the actors themselves and the franchise
all these things wont die

I will probably walk around in a daze for a while because of the ending. Then reread them all again. Then I'll keep on getting Harry Potter fever when the movies come out... then cross my fingers for a spin-off. Maybe something from Hermoine's point of view. That would be cool.

Re-read them once every few years. Enjoy the films. Try to convince everyone I can to read them. And hope Doctor Who runs and runs, so I have at least one obsession to look forward to. ;)

i know what im gonna do...CRY :'(
harry potter has been a huge part of my life for the past eight years. i just can't imagine life without it... haha i know its pathetic but im probably gonna be scared to read the final book because i know that once i finish it THATS IT :(
I feel the same way :( im actually hoping the 7th book will come out in 2008 because then its not so close to the end... its going to be a sad day for us all.

Will it ever REALLY be over? The movies are still coming. After that will be the miniseries, then the cartoon. In a couple of decades, somebody will want to remake HPI and the party starts over.
Seriously, I bet there will be several sequels a la "The Wizard of Oz" I think about 40 Oz books are considered Canon. I could go for 40 Potter books...

Hrm, good question. What WILL I do when the series is over?


Probably exactly what I do now. Minus waiting for a new book, obviously.

Move on to another thing. Harry Potter is, in a sense, a fad. After the excitement is gone, people will move on. There will still be fans, but something new will come along.

I am probably going to cry. Walk to the fridge and eat some pickles (?), and pick up the book and start rereading. Maybe I'll pass it on to my kids some day.

Otherwise, we all put down our wands, take off our robes and go back to our day jobs, like all the death eaters will.

I will keep reading the books again and again like I have been lately and I will probably be really sad when I am done reading the last book.

It's going to be interesting to see how HP affects life after HP. There's already countless books and articles written about the series... and about the books written about the series. The stories have greatly altered the landscape of the literary world (aside from NY Times having to create a separate Childrens Best Seller List). Colleges and Universities offer classes in this stuff alone.



What classes? I am extremely skeptical...

I cannot wait for book 7. Classes? I do not beleive that.

When the series is over, in all honesty, I'll probably end up reading a whole lot of fan fiction. Either that or find another exciting series to read - I've heard that Eragon is pretty good...

Read Lord of the Rings!!!!!

I think it would be nice if she wrote some of the schoolbooks (e.g. Hogwarts, a History)

Probably read them over and over and over.....then find some new book, and of course keep going on this site and talk about the movies and books. Then read the books again to make sure I didnt miss anything.

When the series is over, my best friend and I have agreed that we're going to TRY to forget everything that happened in the series and start all over again with reading the first book, seeing the first movie, etc. The key word there is TRY. The potter stuff's way too impossible to forget.

I think it would be nice if she wrote some of the schoolbooks (e.g. Hogwarts, a History)

That would definitely be awesome - anything to get more insight on what the HP world is like :D

I've heard that Eragon is pretty good...


It is a good read also, check it out. I will still re-read the books and will enjoy them more when my 4 yr old gets into them. I shared my passion for all things Potter with my son who was murdered in 2003 and remaining a huge fan is a way to keep something special we had alive. So in my house the christmas tree will be decked with Potter, the castle and village below and the Hogwarts train will always run.

I will continue to read the books again, at least once a year. When I find a book or a series of books that I really like, I read them again and again. The stories don't change but some times I notice little things that I did not see before. Also, they give me enjoyment.

maybe jk will write a new series for us, something totally unrelated to harry potter

What if she don't!!!!! Game Over :no:

wow... You guys know that it's only a book right?

LIFE ISN'T WORTH LIVING WITHOUT HARRY

There are other good books out there. Life won't end, you can always re-read the series. :D

I don't know! I'm sooo scared! I hate to even think about it!! :upset:

*shrug*.....................................*shrug *............i would hate to think of that day.....but then...if that day doesn't come then we would never get book 7 or any of the remaining movies....nooooooo...i *sniffe*...i guess that we're gonna h-have to g-get L-LIIIIIIIVES *WAHHHHHH*....someone get me a k-kleenex.....

to utter such words...:sad:

Harry Potter is really one of the only books I read. I rarely used to read, except for when I was in school, and I hated those books. I'm more open to books now than I was before, even though I still don't pay attention to them that much, unless it's something I find interesting. So when HP is over, i'll probably just reread them and lose interest in books like before, unless I find something that doesn't bore me.

I guess that if something goes wrong a the end of the 7th book (Harry or any other of my favorite characters die)then I'll be depressed for a couple of weeks:upset:, if the characters live happily ever after or almost happily ever after, the I'll be depressed for a week:no: .

Then I'll get over it, I guess there are other things that I can read or do to supress the terrible loss. Other books to read or movies to see, (including HP movies:clap: ).

Of course, that doesn't mean I'll leave the HP books forever, I'll re-read them in any time to time. I love:love: those books, I'll never abandon them!!:clap:

I plan to continue my life as usual...I seem to be an anomaly around here as I read profusely before HP, and nothing's really changed since the books came out. I'll reread them, as I do with any books that I enjoy, and I'll enjoy them everytime I go through them. I mean, c'mon, its not like it'll be the end of the world...

Skip school for at LEAST a month to recuperate from my shock, then cry for a bit with my friend Dan.. then re read all the books in that month that I'm not at school... then read all the fanfictions that result from the finishing of the canon..

JKR is in fact working on another series totally unrelated to Harry Potter, but it's apparantly going to be focused more on the younger age, like a childrens series. I might read that.. dunno if it'll be too weird reading something by her OTHER than HP.

itll be sad- i might even cry when it ends.. i dont know what i will do. Ill watch the movies over and over again and read the books but after a year ill go back to my normal life but i will always hope that a new book will be written.

I'll do what people did once Conan Doyle stopped writing Sherlock Holmes. Read something else. There are a lot of wonderful authors out there writing about fabulous universes filled with interesting characters and amazing plots. I'll always treasure HP as I'm sure JKR will do and I'll look forward to what she may write in the future.

I'll live the same way as now. Live, read something (it's not like i'm only reading Harry Potter - I read a lot!), write something, but I'll never end up writing Harry Potter fanfiction. If the series is over, I'll begin to hope, that the fanfiction doesn't end after a short time.

i think my life would still be the same except for the fact that there will be no HP book and HP movie to look forward to....:no: Can't JK make another set of HP books? touching the working experience of Harry? :D

When I'm done with the 7th book, I admit that I'll probably go into a depression (or a fit of happiness depending on how the book ends...) but life will be the same. And when I'm older, I look forward to telling my kids how I spent so much speculating between books what would happen. I'll tell them what its like to wait for years to find out what would happen. Whereas they will be able to go to the bookstore and buy the next book without ever hestitating. Lucky bums.

It won't get old. I will still be able to read the series for a long time after the final book is released. I swear I must have read the Prisoner of Azkaban fully 5 or 6 times and picked it up and read certain chapters, 50 some times. Same with the Goblet of Fire. I constantly read that one a lot. I do ofcourse have long time periods when I dont read Harry Potter at all and then one day come back to the books as though I had been addicted ever since I layed hands on one of the books.

yea i do that also .. I got the books on my iPod so i can listen to them whenever i want, i do the same thing as KDOG and just listen to random parts of the book... However when m kids want me to read to them at night it will be harry Potter And it will bring me back to this very site

i was thinking about it and the #1 thing i would love to se (and i know it will never happen) is a book for each of the original 7 seen through the eyes of Ron or Dumbledore (not the 7th though, obviosly)

what do you think?

It would be a lot of fun to see the books through another characters eyes. Hopefully, there will be some good fanfiction of that sort.

When it's all done, we'll either move on to obsessing about different things, or enough of us may well maintain interest enough to keep the HP fandom going strong, like the Lord of the Rings fandom.

^you're probably right. You figure, HP isn't really *over*, in the most basic sense of the word, until the movies are all out. So even once book 7 comes out and we spend months dissecting it, there are still movies 6 and 7 that need to come before I think we need to worry about 'what next'.

THERE'S STILL TIME!! :lol:

I will read all the books like forever and watch the movies but there will always be fan fics so thats cool. I don't think Harry Potter will ever die down

it's going to be so hard when the series is over! after the 7th book is released and all the movies are released, our obsession will probably die down a little bit, but hopefully all the fans will still continue to love hp... it's sad that we're close to the end and we're going to know what happens, but good things always have to come to the end

i'll probably just keep on reading the books and watching the movies and find something else to keep me busy

Read some long overdue literature... no really I don't see it as the end of the world. The books are pretty timeless so I don't doubt that I will read them again ... in ten years time or so.

its going to be sad, I cant wait to find out the ending but I dont want it to come. I know I will continue to re-read them about a million more times and watch the movies just as much. I will continue to post as long as there are others. I hope that it will be like LotR and never die out. I am pretty sure that there will be much to talk about.

i was thinking about it and the #1 thing i would love to se (and i know it will never happen) is a book for each of the original 7 seen through the eyes of Ron or Dumbledore (not the 7th though, obviosly)

what do you think?

it will definately never happen. It would take another 10 years for JKR to do something like that.

I will probably just keep re reading all of the books.

i'll move on re-reading them every couple of years and discussing them with the other obsessors that i find occasionally

I got on a reading kick several years before I read the Harry Potter books, and I expect I will continue with that. Between reading Harry Potter books, I've also read books by Ayn Rand, like Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. You can tell from my signature. There are a couple of Michael Crichton books I still haven't gotten to.

Also, I'm thinking of dabbling in writing myself. I just don't have any story ideas yet. I haven't really had the life experiences that inevitably get put into a book. After all, I would guess that some of the Death Eaters are based on thugs that Rowling had to deal with when she was living in poverty.

I swear I spend half my time re-reading books anyways! Its amazing that I find time to read new ones. HP is already on the 'yearly read' list (along with lotr, the wheel of time, kushiels, and a song of ice and fire). Not that I actually have a list, I just start to miss the series when I haven't read them in a while. As sad as I will be to see Harry go, I know I will always enjoy re-reading them, although sometimes I wish I could obliviate myself just to recapture the feeling that I had the first time I met Harry. :)

Well first of all ill cry and cry and cry...But after a while Ill just come on here,read fanfiction,watch the books again and watch the films again..And I'll watch out for any further books even though that is unlikely :(:(

i will be nice an content... and continue to re-re-re-re-read the books in my insomniac attempts at sleep.

and wait for jo to publish her encyclopedia-o-the wizarding world.

Rowling said she would publish books outside HP under a different pen name. We could have a lot of fun trying to guess which ones are hers. Perhaps the new name will be something one could figure out if they knew a lot about her or the HP characters.

I really think JKR will be just exhausted with the Harry Potter series after book 7 comes out. But does that mean that in 5 years she won't miss it? Nope. I have a feeling that she is saying no to prequels right now because she needs a bit of a break and she doesn't want people to be waiting on her pen for a change. But who knows, after she has published another book or two and spent some time vacationing I think she might get back into it long enough to write a prequel or maybe even a story just on Dumbledore's life<-----YEA!!

I really think JKR will be just exhausted with the Harry Potter series after book 7 comes out. But does that mean that in 5 years she won't miss it? Nope. I have a feeling that she is saying no to prequels right now because she needs a bit of a break and she doesn't want people to be waiting on her pen for a change. But who knows, after she has published another book or two and spent some time vacationing I think she might get back into it long enough to write a prequel or maybe even a story just on Dumbledore's life<-----YEA!!

George Lucas really had on intention of doing anymore Star Wars movies after Return of the Jedi came out. It was later that he had a change of heart. In his case there was a 16 year gap.

It could be just as long if not longer before Rowling writes another book about the HP series. One concern she has is the effect on her family. The public scrutiny around her family will die down some after DH is released and even more after the movie DH is released. Publishing additional HP books would inevitably cause focus to return to her family, which she would probably want to avoid. Perhaps after her kids are all grown she'll take it up again.

I'm working on the assumption that DH will be the last HP work we ever see from Rowling.

although sometimes I wish I could obliviate myself just to recapture the feeling that I had the first time I met Harry. :)
Oh me too i have loved the books each time i read them, but there is just something about the first time.


It will be sad when Harry Potter ends, but it wouldn’t be the end. There will still be other books out there to read. Of course I'll probably re read HP every now and again. In fact i look forward to reading the books to my kids and i'm sure it will be years before i even get married or have kids. Jo said she would do some other books, in fact she said she was working on some book aimed at a younger crowd, whether she uses a new pen name or not I don’t know. I thought I read she wouldn’t because people would figure it out so it would kind of be pointless.

I guess its always possible Jo could change her mind and decided to write another book series on the Potter Universe but if it ever happened it probably be a long long time from now. So now I am in the mind frame that it is the last.

I’ll cry……..:upset:
And of cause continue to read the books, again and again, but when I’m done crying, I’m going to dance the ‘I told you so’ dance from Will and Grace in front of one of my best friends (we have had a lot of discussions about a lot of things regarding DH):elaugh: If I'm right of cause, JK has a way of suprising me a lot, so maybe my friend is going to dance, and I'll cry some more....

I think that the Harry Potter books have really opened a lot of people up to new reading experiences. When Harry Potter is over, I'll set the last book down, have a good cry, raise a glass to JK Rowling, and move on. I'll still re-read the books, I'll blast my Harry and the Potters CD's, but I'll also understand that all good stories must end. Plus, there will still be websites like this discussing the books and movies for ages.

i'll lock myself in a room, with my computer, food, and the HP books and morn. I'll never come out. (just kidding) I'll keep reading the books and pray that JK writes more.

I'll probably write *cough-terrible-cough* fanfiction (she can't possibly go into extreme detail in the epilogue) and read it too. Basically I will drown myself in fanon. Anyway, I will move on. I'll read many other books and Jo's future ones. Also I will not stop visiting Mugglenet.com every day. :)

I will cry myself a sweater of tears, listen to my HP on book on tape everyday, and will pray for more Artemis Fowl books and the last of the Inheritance trilogy (eragon/eldest) to ease my pain.

Maybe join a support group...

I don't know. I'll probably do what I do with the Vampire Chronicles. I cried when I finished the last book, then I sort of...continued re-reading the books, watching the movies....talking about it with friends. Something like that.

I will slowly re read each book, then watch all the movies. I will probably read a ton of fanfiction and come and discuss stuff in here. Hopefully COS forums will still be open!

Hmm I will be really sad...it will be over gosh JKR brought us so much joy. A magical world....that will live on forever in our hearts. (sob sob)

I'll probably go on to acomplish great things....actually probably not. More like i will lead the same life minus the hours spent reading and being on these forums thinking of theorys

i'll mope around a while and wonder what i'm going to do now...then the waiting will begin for the 3rd Inheritance book.

I don´t know about you but I feel so proud of living in these century,:D and particular in these decades, because we all are part of Harry Potter history too, because we are going to tell our own kids, that we read Harry Potter when it first came out, and how great it was to expect the next book

because they are going to have it instantly there, complete, to read in a week the entire series if they want, but to actual enjoy the series like we do , to me that´s awsome, I guess something like this most have been like for people who read The Lord of the Rings when it first came out too.

Harry Potter represents the last part of my childhood, I grow up with it, and to me that means so much, I will have a great childhood memory ( my first editions of the books, ready to read whenever I like) and how great it all was.

THAN YOU SO MUCH JO ROWLING :D
sorry maybe I am too emotional :p

Well, firstly after it ends, I will probably be in a state of despair, telling my parents my life is over and all.
Once I get over that, I'll re-read them all (well my favorite ones anyway) and watch all the movies again. I can occupy myself with that for a few years, yes.
After that? Possibly evolve to fanfic, but who knows.

Well I'm gonna cry, Lol. Then re-read the books a few more times, watch the movie when I'm bored, try to beat all my HP video games, and eventually get on with my life. Life without Potter. Ahhhh don't wanna think about it.

But I seriously don't want it to end cause I really can't remember much of my life before Harry Potter. I started reading them when I was like 7 and I have grown up with them to the age of 13 (almost 14. Yay!), and they have really become a huge part of my life. I mean, without them I wouldn't have like any of my interent/forum friends and I wouldn't be friends with a lot of people at school who I talk about HP with.

I really don't even wanna think about it :(

Im gonna re read all of the books, then watch all of the movies, read some new books, then re read the books again! :rotfl:

i'm going to cry - wait, i cry after all the books! haha kidding. anyways, i probably am going to cry, knowing that it's completely over. and then...i'll re-read the book, re-watch the movies, and submerse myself in fanfiction.

i can't believe it's almost over!

i'm gonna cry...and my mommy says she wont console me :-(...so ill pobably come after you guys to feel sorry for me..hehe...and then ill be in denial for a few hours. then ill probably read it again. Then ill go on the forums for a whole day staright :lol:...and then ill go on to fanfics, i guess...and..dare i say it? i must get a life before i go on....i really can't believe it's almost over :(

For myself, I don't think I'll carry on in the HP universe. I've read the books, enjoyed them , and recently come onto these forums, but I think that'll be it for me. I started reading these books when I was just a young boy, and although there is obvious adult appeal to them as well I feel that it will finally be laying down my childhood to rest. I think that maybe I might re-read the books, but slowly my interest will fade and follow other things. But you never know, there may be a revival in the dacdes to come when new stuff will come out and entice back all the old fans.

I will cry! I will cry 6 years worth of tears that weren't used up crying about Dumbledore and Sirius. I will be VERY upset...and unfortunately, will have to move on. DAMNATION!

Shrivel up and die... no, not really because that would hurt.

Well, once it's over, I'll probably actually you know, get a life, if you what I mean *wink*. But, Harry'll always be in my head - gotta love my man, Harry.

Deathly Hallows - bring it on!

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I'll always be a fan- I've proven my resolve through the bans, the ridicule, the bad fans and the know-it-alls who you have to agree with them or you're an illiterate. But I know that it's just books.

I'll probably quit reading and go back to writing- I've had my own stories on the back burner for a long time, and I would love to write them someday- better sooner than later, right?

I am planning on continuing to see the movies faithfully, since I'm really very fond of them for a different thing entirely. I also think I'll be spending some time at least immediately after discussing the books and wondering about any loose ends that aren't tied up when DH ends. I think I'll probably end up reading the series at least once more (since I like to read the entire series in one go if I have the opportunity) and that will hopefully keep my attention. After that, I'll probably be off to college, and will have other things to worry about. I can only hope that Harry will last into the ages and keep drawing new fans and new ideas. After all, some books develop interpretations decades after their publish, and I hope Harry Potter will see the same thing.

Then again, I think I will be very sad when it ends...

I'm sure everyone will go see the rest of the movies and then latch on to the next big thing. I hear The Hobbit is going to be a feature film in 2009 - we should have an LOTR reunion after that. Maybe they can start a 2010 tv drama - "The M.E." Using real life cool kids in Middle Earth. Maybe get Radcliffe to play teenage Frodo, and Rupert can be Samwise. Turn Dumbledore into Gandalf, Hermione into Gollum, etc.

cry :'(

Lol, that's totally what I was going to write.

I think I'll probably reread the books until the movies are done, and then I will probably keep up with HP fandom for some time. I don't think JKR is completely done with HP after the 7th book either. There will probably be more charity books, which I also plan on reading. I'd like to think that I'll remain a fan forever, but it will probably become more of a casual thing over time.

Well I will probably stay on the forum for like a month after I read the books. Whenever i get bored, i will re-read them. Then watch lots of TV.

Oh please stop at the mention of the HP series being over! (even though I know it is coming) I think I will still watch the movies and read the books, but I am upset at Rowling about how she won't make any prequels.

haha me too (and i'm new to the HP game)! i will still go see the movies and everything. i REALLY want a prequel too, but i wouldn't call it "out of the question" or anything. JK said she didn't have any prequels planned on her site, but just because she hadn't really "planned" on writing them doesn't mean she won't eventually...

i may just be in denial, but i really hope she considers it! :agree:

i would read the whole thing again and watch the movies. just because that the seris dies does not mean you have to stop reading about it or stop waching it. what do you think ?:tu:

Curl up in a ball and cry. Then read the series over and over again. =)

I think Jo is selfish for not feeding the frenzy about her books even more by writing prequels or related books. Of course, if i was richer than the queen i would want to enjoy it too. What is gonna happen to the forum once the series is over?

That is just depressing to think about... when the series is over i will cling to their memory and continue to read the books. lol. and watch the movies and play the game.

Cry when I finish reading the 7th book.
And when the final movie comes out.
Are they doing all 7 movies? I haven't heard...

Cry when I finish reading the 7th book.
And when the final movie comes out.
Are they doing all 7 movies? I haven't heard...

I would assume so. There are people who refuse to read the books who would go to see all of the movies after the entire series is out.

Plus the loyally devoted fans who need one more Harry Potter fix. :D

I don't want the series to end. *Sniffs*

The problem with doing all seven movies is that by the time the book has sunk in and they start filming it all, Harry will be, like, thirty before they manage to get the movie out. It's difficult to work with kids because they grow faster than filming allows. As it is, I believe Dan Radcliffe is 17 and they're only working on book 5. Even if they pump one out each year (unlikely) he will be 19 when DH comes out on film. Assuming he wants to attend university, he will not be filming very often because of schoolwork, making it unrealistic that the movie for book 7 will feature Radcliffe in his teen years at all.

Wait for the movies!

The problem with doing all seven movies is that by the time the book has sunk in and they start filming it all, Harry will be, like, thirty before they manage to get the movie out. It's difficult to work with kids because they grow faster than filming allows. As it is, I believe Dan Radcliffe is 17 and they're only working on book 5. Even if they pump one out each year (unlikely) he will be 19 when DH comes out on film. Assuming he wants to attend university, he will not be filming very often because of schoolwork, making it unrealistic that the movie for book 7 will feature Radcliffe in his teen years at all.


That's what I was thinking, and why I wondered if they were doing all of the movies. I don't think any other actor could replace Daniel though. As bad as Dan is with crying scenes etc, I won't see anybody else as Harry Potter.

I think it would be awkward at this point to change. As it is, Dumbledore changing actors was a rough transition, and he's mostly covered by a beard and glasses. People have come to associate Harry with Dan, and it would be really hard for them to change it without changing everything. I think that regardless of anyone's acting skills, it's just too hard to imagine someone else.

I don't think Dan will go to a university. He's already so sure of his acting career and he's done a ton of stuff(i don't think they're out in the states:() and yeah no one else but him can be seen as Harry.

Hmm...what will I do when the series is over...I will probably...watch all the movies a billion times each, endlessly read canon fanfiction, and cry and cry until I can cry no more. I JUST LOVE HARRY POTTER WAY TOO MUCH FOR MY OWN GOOD:yuhup:

I'll keep re-reading and read other books, but nothing will EVER take the place of HP. It's why I started reading. My aunt got me SS for Christmas a long time ago, and I tried it out, and it made me who I am today. It was a couple years before OotP came out.

I think that I'll stay on the forums and re-read the books. It will be weird, the series has been such a big part of my life.

I will probably be depressed for a very long time. Then I'll re-read them over and over until I die. And I'll stay on the forums.

first I'll read the whole series about 10 times, then I'll start to cry, then I'll go into denial and insist she's gonna write more, then (after 20 years of running away from phyciatrists and men in white coats) I'll be unable to deni the end of the series any longer and I'll resort to suiside, after 1000's of regenerations into vairious differen animals (all of witch will comite suiside) the earth will get sucked in to a black hole and then maybe I might accept the end of the HP series.

The problem with doing all seven movies is that by the time the book has sunk in and they start filming it all, Harry will be, like, thirty before they manage to get the movie out. It's difficult to work with kids because they grow faster than filming allows. As it is, I believe Dan Radcliffe is 17 and they're only working on book 5. Even if they pump one out each year (unlikely) he will be 19 when DH comes out on film. Assuming he wants to attend university, he will not be filming very often because of schoolwork, making it unrealistic that the movie for book 7 will feature Radcliffe in his teen years at all.

I disagree because Dan has made it clear he enjoys his role. As it is, they HAVE been pumping out a new movie either yearly or bi yearly from the start. HBP already has a release date of Nov. 2008. On top of that, assuming Dan will be 19 when filming starts on the last movie, those two years will be unnoticable on camera. With the technology available today, it should be child's play to cover up any body hair on Dan, which would really be the only noticable difference between a 17 year old and a 19 year old male. Plus, as I already noted, Dan does like what he's doing. Several US actors go to school while working on different projects, why not Dan, Rupert, and Emma?

Anyway, back to the actual forum question: :cool:
Once I am done reading DH, i will probably be weepy for a day or too (I cry at the drop of a hat) but I will probably accept it relatively quickly and contiue to enjoy the series for years to come. That is the beauty of the Harry Potter series: Our books can be reread time and time and time again, and then passed on to our future children to be enjoyed. So, even though JK has said book 7 is it and there will be no more HP, the series will never really be over because we can enjoy it anytime we want.
(But i still wish there would be more books :grumble:)

:wave:

I think I'll lock myself in my room with nothing but the HP books, food, water, mu computer, and tissues and cry my eyes out!! (just kidding) :p

I'll probably re0read the books a thousand more times, and write letters to JK to right prequals!!

Reread the books about 20 times and then, when I can quote you every line of every chapter of every book, I think I'll go nuts.

Nothing to speculate about anymore,, nothing to look forward to anymore,, no more days of reading and forgetting to sleep..

It's a sad thing

Die. Only joking :p ! I'll really miss all the speculation, and all the HP sites and podcasts especially. But at the end of the day, it's the books that matter, and I can alway reread them. And go and complain loudly in the middle of the movies! I'll read them to my kids as well!

You know, in WWII Hitler sent one of his generals to Swizterland. It was a fact finding mission to determine if it would be worth it to invade.

The Prime Minister took said general to a military exhibition. During the shooting exhibition the general noticed that every one was shooting perfect scores. He coyly asked the Prime Minister how many men Switzerland had that could shoot like that. To which he replied "about a million." The general then asked "Well, what would you do if your country was invaded by a force of 5 million men." The Prime Minister replied, without a slight hessitation, "We'd all take five shots and go home."

Germany never invaded Switzerland.

Let us just hope that none of us go off the deep end, and do something foolish when the writing is done!

Well, I would think no-one would go off the deep end when the writing is done :)

As for what we would do, there's enough debatable background (that can't possibly be all covered by the final book) for us to continue to discuss it such as Snape's background. Also, there are other books still being debated that have long since finished being written (LoTR, Narnia), so I'm not sure why the final book should "finish off" HP either.

The problem with doing all seven movies is that by the time the book has sunk in and they start filming it all, Harry will be, like, thirty before they manage to get the movie out. It's difficult to work with kids because they grow faster than filming allows. As it is, I believe Dan Radcliffe is 17 and they're only working on book 5. Even if they pump one out each year (unlikely) he will be 19 when DH comes out on film. Assuming he wants to attend university, he will not be filming very often because of schoolwork, making it unrealistic that the movie for book 7 will feature Radcliffe in his teen years at all.

i don't think that's really going to be much of a problem. they usually hire actors in the early 20's to do "high school roles" so even though the movies will probably not be out for a few years, they could very well still have the same actors playing the roles. i mean, what's the longest we've gone between movies? SS came out Nov. 2001, COS came out Nov. 2002, POA came out June 2004, GOF came out Nov. 2005, and OOTP is coming out this July....so yeah, 2 years at the most. assuming the next two movies are two years apart, we'll have HBP by 2009 and DH 2011 (and that's if they don't come out sooner than that! i know 2011 seems like such a long time away but its only 4 years and you'd be surprised how quickly 4 years passes by)

i'm not sure how old all of the actors are but i think most of them could pull off being a teen until the movies are all finished. so even if daniel radcliffe does want to go to a university right after school, he could still play the role...i hope he does because i HATE when they switch actors. i can't see anyone else playing the role of Harry. Physically, he IS Harry. i don't think they could find someone who has that look like he does.

I don't think that there will be a reason for my exsistence.

Jeez, I don't know what I'll do. Since I've already re-read the books about 4 times, I suppose I'll search for new novels, but I don't know what I'll do without Harry Potter.

If J.K. Rowling writes another book, probably something not Harry Potter, then I'd read it and re-read it over and over again. I just love her writing style!

-Simon

I would mourn.. mourn mourn mourn.
Re-read the books, and then sigggghhh reminiscently... then mourn again. .__.;;
Indulge myself in fanfiction.
No more canon. :(
I'm so upset about it that I even thought to myself that I won't read the last books. But we all know that's impossible. ;__;

Aaah, I dont' even want to think about it right now. I'll be happy to have possession of the books and the films to keep me busy. But it still wont' be the same. I hope they do go on to make all 7 books into films, at least we'll have an opportunity to wait for something more regarding the series.

As much as I want to say I will, I doubt I'll be posting here often. Yeah, just look at my current history and you'll see I haven't been active at the moment. I'll of course reread the books from time to time but ultimately I'll have plenty of things to keep me from being bored. Naruto, Heroes, and inveitably school at some point will all serve as distractions. And of course, I'll be waitingf or the remaining films to be released.

Harry Potter will conclude with 2007...and forgive me, but not finding a purpose for your existence after HP, sounds rather...intellectually limited...
Turn to classical literature instead...chances are, of all the people on this forum, "The count of monte cristo" has been read by a number equivalent to the fingers on both my hands...and it's a book that far outstrips HP in plot, dynamics, sophistication of the language, character development, darkness, betrayal, love and revenge...you could also turn to russian literature...i especially recommend dostoevsky, his books are amazing...and im currently reading "The Idiot", which is just as tantalizing, and it's anna karenina next...

so before u break down, move on...there are much better books than HP out there...

Turn to classical literature instead...chances are, of all the people on this forum, "The count of monte cristo" has been read by a number equivalent to the fingers on both my hands...and it's a book that far outstrips HP in plot, dynamics, sophistication of the language, character development, darkness, betrayal, love and revenge...you could also turn to russian literature...i especially recommend dostoevsky, his books are amazing...and im currently reading "The Idiot", which is just as tantalizing, and it's anna karenina next...

My favorite book is "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Mikhail Dostoevsky (which I first read when I was 16 in 8 hours time, I'm not nearly such a speed reader now at 33, old age and brain decay creeping up on me) and I do find the comment unjustified noting it is likely only 10 of us on this forum would have read "The Count of Monte Cristo" for goodness sake. Was that entirely necessary?

I totally agree there are many books out there to read--not just the classics, but ones like "A Clockwork Orange" which are modern masterpieces in the English language. Harry Potter has, however, allowed a huge generation of young children and teenagers to become enamored with reading, which is a good thing to happen. It opens them to a whole world of delights. If it were not for Harry Potter, it is possible many who did start reading due to Harry Potter would not have taken the interest.

My favorite book is "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Mikhail Dostoevsky (which I first read when I was 16 in 8 hours time, I'm not nearly such a speed reader now at 33, old age and brain decay creeping up on me) and I do find the comment unjustified noting it is likely only 10 of us on this forum would have read "The Count of Monte Cristo" for goodness sake. Was that entirely necessary?

I totally agree there are many books out there to read--not just the classics, but ones like "A Clockwork Orange" which are modern masterpieces in the English language. Harry Potter has, however, allowed a huge generation of young children and teenagers to become enamored with reading, which is a good thing to happen. It opens them to a whole world of delights. If it were not for Harry Potter, it is possible many who did start reading due to Harry Potter would not have taken the interest.


Well, no, it wasn't necessary, but I'm just astounded by the number of people who elevate the HP series to the status of a holy book...and remarks like "losing my meaning to exist" after HP ends is just so...ironic in a sad kind of way...and with the advent of the internet and ipods and the such technologies means that writers generally have to resort to simpler language in their books...and I should know, I read quite a bit too...but I haven't read a single book recently that has a word in it in English that I don't know...kinda sad, considering English is supposed to be made up of over a million words now...

Well, since JKR has said that she would not abandon writing once the series is done leaves me wondering to what will she direct her crafty hand? I hope it remains in the Fantasy Fiction Genre. Most of her writing seems to incorporate old myths and legends, and twisting them into her own little world.

Margaret Weis is perhaps best known for DRAGONLANCE, but she has created other worlds, and written novels with just as much imagination and originality as DL such as SOVEREIGN STONE. This, too, I hope Jo Rowling will do. I would love to see her create another fantasy realm of originality...

I didn't want to start a new thread over this, so I'm posting this thought here, I hope it's not too far off topic.

I was wondering, because it just hit me yesterday, do we realise what a privilege it is for us, the contemporaries of the actual writing of the Harry Potter series, to be witnessing every books release, to be following the plot, and above all, to be completely in the dark about what's coming and thus able to make those numerous theories? Because once book seven is out, no more theories, ever again. Once the whole series is finished, it will very quickly become common knowledge what it's all about and what happens in the end - like with Star Wars, nowadays everyone know that Darth Vader turns out to be Luke's dad, but in the seventies, it was a complete shock.

I just feel sooo lucky to be la contemporary of the series birth.

So what do you think about that? Any thoughts?

Thanks :tu:

My thought is that it is great. I wish I could have been around when the Narnia Chronicles were being released so I could have had the same thrill actually.

I'll be really sad
and cry
and annoy all my friends by going on about it.....
*stamps feet and yells* I DON'T WANT IT TO BE OVER WHY CAN'T IT GO ON FOREVERRRRRRR!!!???

I will think what did happen at first and then I will watch all the movies... or read my favourite Harry Potter book again

...pray for more...

Reread and reread until I can deliver some lines by heart.. *oh wait* I can do that already.

Mmm I suppose (since I love to read) I will continue reading anything good that comes up, maybe another Artemis Fowl book or something totally new... but I don't think there's going to be another saga that can compare to Harry Potter and the effect that it has had on my life, it's going to be very hard to top Harry, Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, Fred and George...(at least in my heart :p).

Cry... a lot... but move on. I like HP because it's really my first venture out of the classics--and I've read quite a few of them. I suppose I'll wait on Preston and Child's next book.

I didn't want to start a new thread over this, so I'm posting this thought here, I hope it's not too far off topic.

I was wondering, because it just hit me yesterday, do we realise what a privilege it is for us, the contemporaries of the actual writing of the Harry Potter series, to be witnessing every books release, to be following the plot, and above all, to be completely in the dark about what's coming and thus able to make those numerous theories? Because once book seven is out, no more theories, ever again. Once the whole series is finished, it will very quickly become common knowledge what it's all about and what happens in the end - like with Star Wars, nowadays everyone know that Darth Vader turns out to be Luke's dad, but in the seventies, it was a complete shock.

I just feel sooo lucky to be la contemporary of the series birth.

So what do you think about that? Any thoughts?

Thanks :tu:

Yoana, you hit the nail on the head! We are lucky to be experiencing this literature as it is churned, and not years after it has been burned.

It was not until I was in college that I read Moby Dick, but even before I cracked the cover, I could tell you that Ahab had his leg bitten off by Moby Dick, a great white sperm whale, and that in his madness Ahab was finally killed by Moby Dick.

I have never read The Bible cover to cover, but I know how it begins, how most of the more well known stories go, and how it generally ends.

Yes, this was off topic, but in a way it directly on point. Can we expect more epic level series from JKR once Harry's destiny is fulfilled?

:no: :no: :no: :no: :no: :no::no:
It's gonna end.

The greatest series in my life is gonna end... WAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone Mourning Post Here!!

I suppose most of us are sad, but like most of the sayings go; Life shall go on!
But we can always pick any of the Hp books anytime and have a nice time whenever we want to......and i think majority would do that.!

Yeah I'm terribly sad about it but I can relive the adventure anytime I want to and I'll finally get closure for a series that has very much had an impact on my life

It`s a double edged sword really, isn`t it? I desparately want to know what happens, and how it all unfolds for Harry and co. but I don`t want the end to come!!!

I am very sad that it is ending. I think it would be great to keep reading about Harry's adventures. Even if the main Voldemort story line is resolved and Harry survives, there could be much more adventure for him. I think Jo is probably done writing about Harry for a long while. But, maybe there is hope that she could continue his story. After all evil is never fully defeated. There is always someone else who turns evil and want to be king of the world.

I really sad too but I'm also really happy. We will finally get all our questions answered and we'll get closure.

I'll be gutted. I want sequels please.

Maybe with enough overwhelming support, we can convince Jo to keep writing!!

I am seriously mourning, I'm having dreams about Hogwarts, I can't believe this is happening!

:grumble: :no:

Oh Thank goodness.
I thought that I was the only one who was sad about the series endingI was wondering, because it just hit me yesterday, do we realise what a privilege it is for us, the contemporaries of the actual writing of the Harry Potter series, to be witnessing every books release, to be following the plot, and above all, to be completely in the dark about what's coming and thus able to make those numerous theories?
I was hoping that it wouldn't be released at least until Christmas.
I actually had tears in my eyes when the book date was released.

It`s a double edged sword really, isn`t it? I desparately want to know what happens, and how it all unfolds for Harry and co. but I don`t want the end to come!!!


nice metaphor. That pretty much sums up how i feel as well. I would prefer JK Rowling to devote the rest of her life to entertaining the masses, but i know that wont happen :(

When I came home from school I got right onto the forums and saw the release date and I was soooo excited. But then all the excitment and cheers turned into saddness. I know all the questions and theories and everything will be answered but no more HP! I mean yes you can pick up the books and read whenever you want after the last book but the journey is really ending. The suspense to know what happens at the end will on longer exist. No more theories or guessing. I am truly sad.

We are very lucky to be around and fans when all this is actually happening.

It won't be the same for people in twenty years time, they can just get all the books at once, they didn't grow with Harry, speculate about him...


We are the luckiest people out of all future generations of Potter.

And I'm devastated our time is almost up.

:'(

What will we do when it's over? You mean, we can't keep talking about it? I think we should continue discussing Harry Potter into the next century.

I really don't know. Fruits Basket is almost finished.
I hope the Buffy season eight comic book that comes out in March will be really great.

I have known Harry Potter for most of my life. It is what started me reading. It opened a huge world for me. I will probably bawl like a baby when it's over and I will definitely buy any other JK rowling book that ever comes out. Thank you Jo!!!!!:no: :no: :no: :grumble:

allthough the accual series will end and everyone will be sad:upset: , it will only be for a short period of time.:clap: :clap: it will be fun to see warner brothers attempt to make the movies.(all tho i gotta give them props for doin one a year!:cool: )that will last us 2-4 years depending how long they take to make them. by the way, they should take their time to do movie 7.its the last one.

well...
1. we'll still have the movies
2. we'll also have these forums...jk rowling herself said on her website that there will still be some 'loose ends' to debate, even when the whole thing's over and done
3. fan fiction!
4. you know, i can't come up with a fourth... we'll just have to keep re-reading them over and over and over... only without the distant promise of another book.

dang, now im sad.:no:

I'll be happy because I know how it ends, but sad because it's over.

NO MORE CRAZY THEORIES NOOOOOOOO!!!!

I guess the Wheel of Time series will have to help me through. I'll still have mysteries as to how that series ends until at least 2008!

I'll be feeling pretty melancholy when I've finished the last book...and then maybe I'll re-read The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings to distract myself. I think I'm due for another LOTR marathon, but I'll hold off until then.

What else...savor the books and movies and music. Read the books over and over again, because to me they will never get old.

Re-read
Re-read
Re-read
Re-read

Analyse every chapter, every sentence. Buy alternate copies and completely mark up their margins (not that my current hp books are unmarked...they have little theories and notes on every page...¬¬) Write up analysis's of different characters, and their actions.
Write fanfiction, draw doujinshi.

That's what I did for LotR, anyways, so I assume Harry Potter will be the same?

Re-read
Re-read
Re-read
Re-read

Analyse every chapter, every sentence. Buy alternate copies and completely mark up their margins (not that my current hp books are unmarked...they have little theories and notes on every page...¬¬) Write up analysis's of different characters, and their actions.
Write fanfiction, draw doujinshi.

That's what I did for LotR, anyways, so I assume Harry Potter will be the same?

My thoughts exactlly! It will really never be over for me:love:

I'll be really upset and it will be extremely hard to move on for me, This has been my life for the past few years, nothing will come close to this series. I'll try and forget about it and keep telling myself to move on but there will always be " Harry Potter " stuck in my mind forever. :tu:

I guess the Wheel of Time series will have to help me through. I'll still have mysteries as to how that series ends until at least 2008!

Tell me about it! I've been reading that series for over 12 years now.

I was wondering though. What is Jo going to do with her time? I mean she has dedicated her life to HP for quite a while now but when its over what will she fill her time with?

I really hope that at some point in the future she will continue the story (wishful thinking I know!)

In addition to what i`ve already stated in this thread though, I wouldn`t want JKR to just keep on writing about Harry. There`s only so much leverage in it, and to spin the story out endlessly would ruin it. It`s an amazing series, so let`s keep it that way. You can have too much of a good thing.

I will still be a bit teary when it ends though.

I have no freaking idea. I can't even imagine life without HP. Obviously, I'll still have it, but... no more books? I've been reading the books since Christmas when I was in first grade. That's SEVEN YEARS! I can hardly remember life without Harry Potter. I'm going to do a lot of crying and rereading and staying on the forums and stuff. But after awhile... am I going to lose my reputation as the HP freak? I'm starting high school next year and if I don't have HP... I'm very shy around people unless I'm talking about Harry Potter. Harry Potter is how I met most of my friends! When I moved to a new school in fifth grade, I made three friends the first day because we all liked Harry Potter. I know I sound completely pathetic, but you have know idea how obsessed I am. I've reread all the books at least 20 times! Harry Potter is my escape when I'm feeling bad. I- I- OMG!!! I can't believe it's ending! I'm going to be like someone who's had their soul sucked out by a dementor.

Luckily there are always other books to read!

Cry. Moan. Sulk.
Nah, not really (ok, maybe a little bit). Instead, I'll just start looking forward to the movies even more than I do now! And since HP is so big, you have to expect more products (ex: graphic novels, ...uh, I can't think of anything else, but I'm sure there's more!). And maybe, just maybe, Jo will write a prequel-y thing. Maybe.
OOOOOO!!!!! Or maybe she'll leave some loose ends at the end of DH like Lemony Snicket did for Series of Unfortunate Events! Then everyone will discuss them!!!!!! That's actually probable.
Either way, I'll be sad...

I'll probably sulk and moan and be a nuicence for my mum for a month and then I'll re read everything all over again. But it's like other big movies and books. It will always be around. Wizard of Oz is my favourite example. That was made around 50 years ago or more and people still remember it. Grease is the same. So I think it will always be talked about and it will never truely die away which makes me happy :tu:

I'll probally just keep on coming here, posting posts, watching the movies, reading the books.....:sigh:

cry, sob, bawl and then read the books again. Ooh and I'll try to find a way to live in a Hogwarts-style castle! :p

I'll probably just keep my eyes and ears wide open to see when JKR will come out with another book. I seriously hope there will not be any HP spin-offs not written by Jo, I think it would undermine her work.

And re-read, obviously :D. And showcase my seven HP books like trophies in the middle of my bookshelf.

I know it must be hard of us to think that the end is coming. We have to see it as their is a new beginning. I know that we can think of new ways to analyze the book...something. We shouldn't give up hope.
I want to re read the books and see if my theories were right.

Do what I do, and read them again and again and again! They never age, for 'the more you read them, the more you read into them'!

Luckily, there are a ton of other books to read! Though, I doubt any of will ever again see a series with this passionate of a following. I've never seen or heard of anything quite like this over a series of books, no matter how good they are.

I will certainly miss Harry and Hogwarts, but all good things must come to an end eventually.

Well I guess all of us will be absolutely heart broken..
It's almost like an end of the Harry Potetr era..
As no one will hereafter ever wait for a Harry Potter book..
However Rolwing herself said that not all loose ends will be tied up and there will be sufficient controversies for fans to fight over and come up with theories..
So in a way the fun continues..

It will be sad, but I'm sure I can manage....there will still be things to discuss, and I'm sure I'll continue reading them, probably even many years from now. But there are plenty of other things in life, and other books for that matter, and I don't think my life will be over or anything.

I don't know what I'll do. I started reading the books almost 10 years ago and to have the series coming to an end is really awkward. I know I'll keep reading the books over and over again, for lack of any better books to read. I think I'm going to be hanging around these forums a lot, because it will be one of my only sources of Harry Potter discussion.