because he just won’t go away.
Some think the poor boy will be dust.
Some think he will live forever in our hearts.
And some figure that they can force Ms. Rowling to keep poor old ‘arry going forever.
Now they aren’t being quite as crazy as the fan in Stephen King’s Misery, but they are being really annoying.
I mean that irritating petition to “Save Harry Potter.” It reminds me of the ones my students occasionally start, demanding ice cream every day or skateboarding during recess. Somehow they think that all you need to do if you really want something is get a bunch of people to sign a petition asking for it, and —voila— you get it! Forget about whether there is money for ice cream (or if it is healthy), forget about some other kids who don’t want skateboarders taking up all the space (not to mention the safety factor), forget about whether Ms. Rowling wishes to write about Harry anymore — enough signatures and we should reasonably give in.
Here’s Jean Hannah Edelstein at the Guardian blog on “Do We Want Harry Back For Good?”
(And by the way — this is NOT like Sherlock Holmes. Rowling plotted the seven books out before she began whereas Conan Doyle wrote a series of stories with some linking aspects, but nothing plotted out this way at all.)