I finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows a bit earlier today. No spoilers, though, I promise. It’s interesting how the popularity of the novels and then the movies grew so rapidly to the “fateful” moment of the release of the Seventh Book. I’ve tried to think of something else that has captured such a wide spread audience like this, but I can’t really think of it. I wonder how millions of people are dealing with it finally being over. Or will it actually be over? Who knows.

I hope that for the sake of it all, the universe that is Harry Potter doesn’t get killed by ridiculous “Expanded Universe” stuff a la Star Wars. While I enjoyed reading EU novels, I feel like most of it was just trying to extend that which should have just remained complete. To an extent, the creation of the prequel trilogy (episodes I-III) seemed inappropriate. It’s the inevitable conflict between letting something rest, and trying to squeeze as much cash as possible out of something that has already captured a large fan base. I really hate that, so I hope that HP doesn’t turn out that way too.

Was it all worth it? Maybe, I don’t really know.