No More Stories

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 167494

JW:
>And everybody lives happily ever after - except for us.
>
>Again, the ABOVE is NOT the OPINION of yours truly.  This was NOT a 
>prediction, merely a what-if exercise.  
>
>Thank you for your patience.

"Hello, hello, hello
Is there anybody home?
I've only called to say
I'm sorry.
The drums are in the dawn,
and all the voices gone.
And it seems that there are no more songs."
    -Phil Ochs

JKR has made it absolutely clear: no sequels, no prequels, no continuation of the WW universe after volume 7. There is an implication that a continuation would not even be possible. This means that she won't fall into the MZB fanfiction trap (where Marion Zimmer Bradley allowed free use of her Darkover settings and characters for fan fiction, and was rewarded by having a fan threaten to sue her for plagarism, which, in turn, kept one of her novels from being published). 

Now, let's say that JKR means that the series will end with a finality that means that future novels are impossible. How do you think she will do it?

Now, there's the way the TV series, CHARMED, was ended, by having several flash-forwards into a relatively uneventful future. There's the way JW mentioned, where time has been altered so that the whole series never takes place, except to our eyes. There's the way I mentioned, with the end of the WW (or, at least, a Lord of the Rings-style beginning of the end). 

Without a definitive ending, I'm certain there would be a market for, "B&F Weasley, Cursebreakers" or "Lupin: Werewolf for Hire". 

So, how do you think JKR will close off the possibility of new stories?

Bart