Did JKR leave herself some 'wiggle room', by not destroying the Deathly Hallows.

[John]

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Hi All.

At the end of the Harry Potter books all three Deathly Hallows still exist. The Invisibility Cloak is obviously still in Harry's possession, The Elder Wand returned to Dumbledore's grave and only the Resurrection Stone is not precisely located, having been dropped by Harry in the forest. It also however still exists and could be found.

Jo Rowling is a stickler for details and might well have left all three Hallows still intact for a reason. Even despite the Elder Wand's ridiculously crass destruction in the final movie in the real story it is in fact still intact. That silly scene showing Harry simply snapping it was just one of Steve Kloves' many unwelcome 'alterations' which took the plot off into totally AU (Alternate Universe) realms.

Jo has never said she absolutely never would write a sequel to the Potter series, indeed at the Trafalgar Square premiere of the final movie, at which I am delighted to say I was one face in the huge crowd on that lovely sunny day, she joked (I think it was a joke anyway) that in the face of all the love her fans there showed to her she might 'have to write another'. 

So maybe she left the Hallows intact so that future generations of wizards and witches can start the quest for them once again. Maybe James Sirius Potter, Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy have some great adventures ahead of them as a new 'golden trio'and perhaps, please, please, please Jo, it's not 'over' after all? We can always hope so anyway. :o)

In any case in the fan  fiction community there are some who have already seem the possibilities and in particular one excellent writer I know (who's far better than me) who is posting a fascinating story at present called All That Once Was Lost about precisely this subject. In her brilliant story much time has elapsed (a thousand years) and a distant female descendant of Harry Potter is embroiled with her evil absentee mother in a battle over the reuniting of the Hallows. So whether JKR plans it or not, these fascinating objects are still exerting their influence in the Wizarding World many years later. :o)

What do you think, did Jo leave herself some 'wiggle room' for future Hogwarts tales?

Many Blessings All.
John, (Oriondruid).