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Feb. 12th, 2016 12:00 pm
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++ Richard Armitage has done another audiobook, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Unfortunately this doesn't have a free downloadable trial like his previous ones, however when you consider the overall time of the audiobook is 36 hours long I think it's worth the payment.

++ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the script for the upcoming play, is going to be released in book form. Upon reading the description of what the story is going to be about, I'm not exactly sure it's something I'm interested in. Sure, I'm curious about things post-war and how Harry and the rest of them overcame a lot of their ordeals, the state of the Wizarding World and all of that, but I do think the epilogue kind of ruined most of the enthusiasm fans would've had. Granted this is a play not strictly written by JKR herself, so it's neither here nor there when it comes to how canon it'll be (not that it stopped anyone from dismissing canon before, lbr). Nevertheless, it's still amazing how Harry Potter continues to be a huge phenomenon in pop culture. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them is going to be coming to theaters soon, there is going to be a play with a published script for people to read. It's just never-ending, and I love it.

Although in general I do want more things to come from this world that doesn't focus entirely on Harry himself or is just information from Pottermore. Fantastic Beasts is a good start where it's centering entirely on a different character, in a different era outside of Europe. I want to have something focusing on, say, the Founders of Hogwarts, Tom Riddle and his beginnings to becoming Lord Voldemort and the first war, the Marauders, the state of other characters post-war and how they're coping, other Wizarding schools worldwide and how everything affected them, etc. Sure, we have fanfiction for most of these things which is sometimes better than the actual canon revealed (thank goodness for the EWEs), but regardless there are endless possibilities for more things to be officially created from this massive world JKR created.

And hey, anything that makes us revisit this world in whatever form is good enough for me. Speaking of, I've just been revisiting Harry/Draco again because, well, once OTP always OTP. ♥

Date: 2016-02-13 01:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icecoldrain.livejournal.com
Ehhhhh I'm not excited about the new HP book/play at all. I actually forgot all about it until you mentioned it and vaguely remember being like eh about the whole thing. idk, I'll wait and see what I hear from everyone else before I decide to read it. I keep thinking of the epilogue and then the description of the play/book and I'm like, nope, lmao.

I'm still holding out for the HP encyclopedia that I'm pretty sure is never happening. I'd rather have another story from the HP universe that's not focused on HP himself in anyway way.

Date: 2016-02-13 02:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rogueslayer452.livejournal.com
I have to admit considering how many people were left unsatisfied with the epilogue, the fact that the play is based around those 19 years later leaves much to be desired. I mean, if it gets the to grit and realistic aspects instead of the "happily ever after" thing I might be curious, but overall I'm not entirely enthused by the whole idea of having a play centering around the epilogue years. I would much rather have something directly after the aftermath of the war, y'know? I don't know. Again, we'll have to see.

I think the whole legal fiasco with JKR vs. Vander Ark killed any progression of that encyclopedia, unfortunately. Pottermore and her Twitter are the only places where information is given now.

Date: 2016-02-14 05:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icecoldrain.livejournal.com
Yeah, I want details on the post war etc. in the immediate or near future of the final chapter. The epilogue is... well, don't even get me started on it lmao. I can go on about it for days. I'm not really interested in a story that takes place around the epilogue era at all.

I think you're right. I never go on pottermore and hear about her twitter stuff periodically instead. I'm still holding out though lol.

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