The internet left one mighty fine Easter egg for Potterheads around the world when Pottermore’s website released an article from the Daily Prophet written by Rita Skeeter. Of course, the puppet master Rita was actually J.K. Rowling in disguise.
In the article written with Rita’s snarky poison pen, she talks about the mini Dumbledore Army reunion that happened during the Quidditch World Cup Final. We are given a glimpse into the world of Harry Potter and his friends as adults, and it’s all good.
Even though Rowling has gone on record many times to say that she has no plans of revisiting Harry as an adult, we know how difficult it can be to resist the pull; and all we can tell Ms Rowling is, resistance is futile. Write about them already, we can’t wait!
Plum assignments
Rita Skeeter is not happy. Ginny WeasleyPotter, the girl who was once possessed by an evil diary, is now a journalist for the Daily Prophet. Rita thinks Ginny has been getting all the “plum assignments” because of her being Mrs. Potter. But it’s probably more due to the fact that she quotes her subjects better than Ms Poison Pen.
We wouldn’t mind reading a book about the conflicts between intrepid reporter Ginny trying to wheedle out topsecret Auror investigations from her husband Harry.
Family business
Ronald Weasley, Hermione and Harry were three peas in a pod, and Rowling went so far as to say that she never really planned for Ronald to end up with Hermione (harsh). This time around, in a completely adult move, Ronald, with thinning hair, realizes he’s not cut out for a job at the Ministry of Magic (where his best buds are) and quits to join his brother in the family business of selling prankster charms.
This book can be about Ron’s struggles with finding his passion as an adult, while trying to tamp down the jealousy of having a wife whose work husband is Harry Potter.
Since this is the 21st century, Rowling can throw in the fact that Ron is a stayathome dad given his flexible work hours while Hermione can be the careerdriven woman who wants to have it all—she is deputy head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, after all.
Botanist extraordinaire Neville Longbottom has taken over Professor Sprout’s post as Herbology professor and is now married to Hannah Abbott (who is also employed at Hogwarts).
Like ‘Gossip Girl’
This can be a “Gossip Girl”-type book in which Neville has to deal with students who have magically fused their smartphones into their brains so they can tweet and post selfies during class, and how dealing with inattentive students will have turned him and his wife into closet alcoholics and will join AA only after an intervention from his Gryffindor buds.
Who wouldn’t want to read about the ongoing romance of Teddy Lupin and Victoire Weasley? He’s halfwerewolf, she’s oneeighthVeela; there’s a trilogy in there somewhere.