Potter's Gone; What Now?
Don't we all feel that deep sadness when a great book that we were reading has ended? Well, with the Harry Potter fans that feeling was amplified seven times. And I'm using was because the books ended years ago. Though when those ended, we had the movies (and the games, if you're a gamer) to hold on to. Up till last year there was at least a single Harry Potter event that we looked forward to. The year that's about to end was in fact the very first without anything new Potter-wise since the beginning of the saga.
I'm not sure that Pottermore counts as part of the adventure as most people only log in once when there are new chapters for exploration (and aren't those gems rare?) or they simply create accounts to get themselves sorted (and they keep on making new ones till they get an account with the house that they wanted, heh). The new canon that we get there is definitely nice and lovely - who didn't love reading about McGonagall's story or the in-depth info about wand lore? We can probably expect more from there, but it cannot fill in the hole we have for the Wizarding World that we love so much.
There are new sagas out there that one can use as rebounds, but the uniqueness of the Wizarding World can never be fully replaced. Not to say that one should linger with feelings of depression and never indulge to read another book - after all, there is an infinite number of stories that deserve a chance. But maybe, just maybe, we can hope that Rowling will one day provide more material of said world. Even if Potter's story is over, it would be fun to read about other characters from the story. The adventures of the Marauders, or the journey of Dumbledore with Grindelwald maybe?
If we take Tolkien's Middle Earth for example, we can see how he kept on working not on the same story, but on different stories in the same world. He brought his world closer to perfection with each work, and maybe that's what we need, maybe that's what Rowling should strive for, and what we should hope for. A single tale can do just so much, but creating, exploring, and expanding a world can create a timeless masterpiece. Plus, if the interest of Harry's journey was so big, imagine the audience that more books would bring?
But either way, it would be silly to stop enjoying the wonders of writing because it feels that your newly discovered world can become larger. Everything will fall in its place and if the creator of our Wizarding World thinks more stories can be told, than so shall it be. Not now, but hopefully in the near future. Though in the mean time, don't be afraid to jump over to a library or a book shop and look around for something new. Books never disappoint, there's always something new you can learn from them, even if they're really bad.
And rest assured that Rowling doesn't mind sharing her fans with others, it's a big world out there and we shouldn't put limits or restrictions on ourselves. Where's the fun if you can't have new experiences?