Oh, give the poor woman a break!
Petition seeks extra Potter books (BBC)
Harry Potter fans are being urged to sign a petition set up by a book shop chain begging author JK Rowling to write further novels in the series [...] Waterstone’s is hoping to gather a million signatures for its Save Harry campaign to change the author’s mind [...] Mr Winstone, the chain’s head of children’s books, said: “Harry Potter is a fictional character and therefore can’t ever really be killed. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle famously killed off Sherlock Holmes, yet brought him back after years of demand from his fans and publishers. Couldn’t the same happen for Harry Potter?”
People, there is no point in demanding moremoremore from her. She’s written enough and has called time on the series. Signing a petition ‘begging’ her to keep writing is akin to flogging a dead horse. If she’s fallen out of love with the characters, is completely sick of writing them, wants to move on, or whatever, all this petition will do is make her feel guilty. And if she’s guilted into writing more? Do you really think it’ll be as good as you want it to be? Do you think her heart will be in it?
Of course it’s only natural to want more of something you love, and it’s hard to watch your favourite series – be it book, TV, movie or fanfic – come to a close, but begging or demanding more when someone no longer wants to create what you love is little short of selfish. It’s fannish entitlement at its worst.
She’s had enough. Let her move on.