This half of Word Up is a little bit consumed with the whole Harry
Potter...everything. And we're having serious withdrawal issues this
summer since there's no 19438328289 lb. new book to carry around and
sink our teeth into. Really, we EAT Harry Potter books.
They taste like crumpets. With jam. Jolly good!
One of our fellow HP-lovin' BFFs tipped us off to this CNN article:
At a fundraiser on Tuesday, authors John Irving and Stephen King begged J.K. Rowling not to kill off Harry Potter
in the next and final installment of the series. For anyone out there
who hasn't yet discovered the series, read that far, or lives in a
desolate region where media is not available, we won't completely spoil
the big surprise of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,
in which a beloved, major character was offed. However, we will
say -- because it's so obvious -- that rumors have been swirling that
Harry's next up on the chopping block. Fans are growing anxious and
depressed. Rowling, of course, has made it all into some big "life
lesson." Are you gonna be laughing about poor Harry on your way to the
bank, biatch? Cause we'll be sobbing. Hysterically. For weeks.
"'When fans accuse me of sadism, which doesn't happen that
often, I feel I'm toughening them up to go on and read John and
Stephen's books,' she said. 'I think they've got to be toughened up
somehow. It's a cruel literary world out there.'"
That's not at all comforting, J.K. And don't condescend. We
know it's harsh, we just don't LIKE it. All we want is to see Harry
marry Ginny and Hermione marry Ron so they can all get knocked up and
spawn The Next Generation of Howgarts (Harry Potter: TNGH). Oh, and make it a double wedding. But classy. With The Weird Sisters -- played in the Goblet of Fire
film by Johnny Greenwood and Phil Stelway of Radiohead; Jarvis Cocker
and Steve Mackey of Pulp; and electronic artist Jason Buckle --
presiding as house band. Visions of the happy couples rocking out
to "Do the Hippogriff," all grown up and triumphant and NOT DEAD...OMG
please let it happen. Make it work, J.K. Or you'll be responsible for
putting thousands of children on MAOI inhibitors next summer. And
that's really gonna piss off Cruise.
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