Hey guys! So, if you have been following this blog for a
while, you would know that I am a HUGE Harry Potter fan! My dad read the books
to my siblings and me when we were little, when I couldn’t even understand what
was going on. However, he continued reading, and I eventually realized that
these books were amazing. The story-line was something perfect, and so when I
was old enough to be able to read myself, Harry Potter was one of the first
books that I read. Even though multiple of the books were out when I first started
reading them, I still grew up on the books. I would not be where I am today if
Harry Potter wasn’t a part of my life, and I don’t think a lot of us would be.
Harry Potter shaped my childhood, and shaped who I am today. This is why, when
about two years ago when it was announced that there was going to be a Harry
Potter play, called Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, I was ecstatic. I had
absolutely no idea what it was going to be about, but just knowing that there
was going to be an extension of the Harry Potter world in some form, it was
amazing.
Yesterday however, the plot was announced, and the entire Potter fandom freaked. We are getting an
eighth story. They are continuing the story from where it left off. The tagline for the play is “The Eighth Story, Nineteen Years Later”.
The official plot for the story is this:
It was always
difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an
overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three
school-age children.
While
Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest
son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As
past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable
truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.
I was completely fangirling for many, many hours after this
was announced. I mean, I still am freaking out and fangirling about this play.
However, it sort of died down, and turned into a little bit of disappointment and
confusion, when I realized that this was a play. It was a play, which at least
for now was only premiering in London. How was I, living in Australia, going to
be able to watch a play that was only showing in London?
This doesn’t just apply to me. Potterheads from all over the
world started to wonder the exact same thing. How were they going to be able to
experience this amazing story, the continuation of a story that we have all
loved and grown up with, if they didn’t live in London? Harry Potter and the
Cursed Child is still in the early stages, and you never know. There could be a
professionally filmed version of the play for people to see all over the world,
the play could tour the world for others to see, or there may even be a book
written for the play.
However, those things, if they were to even happen, are very
far down the road. The play itself premieres in June 2016, which means that for
people that have no way to see the play in London, it could be years before we
find out more about what happened nineteen years later.
Don’t get me wrong, I am super excited to eventually see
what happens in this play. If J.K. Rowling thought that the best way to get
across her new story, would be by showing it up on stage, then I trust her.
Though, by having thousands and millions of Harry Potter fans around the world,
and then making the eighth story available to not even a tenth of those fans,
just does not feel like a very smart idea.
J.K. Rowling herself said:
Do I wish that our long awaited eighth story, sequel, to the
Harry Potter series would have been released in a different format? Yes. Do I
wish that that format had been in a book? Absolutely. I just hope that they somehow
find a way to get this story to all other Potterheads around the world.
I would absolutely hate to miss out on this amazing sequel
to my favourite series of all time, just because I didn’t live in the right
place.
Harry Potter will always be a huge part of my life. I
re-read the books all the time, and have multiple movie marathons a year. My
dream place to go would be the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London, or to the
Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Florida. I am a huge Potterhead, and I
always will be. I hope that I will be able to see this continuation of the
Wizarding World in some way, and that I will be able to experience the
continuation of the magic that J.K. Rowling has created.
If you would like to hear more about the play and some official information on it, you can check it out here:
and here:
I’m sorry about this rant, I just felt really strongly about
the subject, and it’s all that I have been able to think about for the last 24
hours or so.
I hope that some of you guys share my same feelings on this
topic, and I'd love to hear your thoughts and feels in the comments. I am still super excited for this play, and I can’t wait to see how it
plays out. I just hope that I get to see this for myself, and not through
somebody else’s eyes.
I should have another blog post up for you very soon. Thanks
for reading, and I will talk to you next time!