Why Some Harry Potter Fans Don’t Consider The Cursed Child Canon

To this day, the Harry Potter saga remains a worldwide literary and cinematic phenomenon. Originally, the beloved series came to an end with the release of The Deathly Hallows, marking the end of an era, and giving fans a satisfying sense of closure as the now grown-up characters waved their goodbyes to their children at Platform 9 ¾, and fans simultaneously said their goodbyes to the wizarding world. Or so they thought. Nearly a decade after the release of the final book, the world was shocked after learning that an eighth entry to the Harry Potter saga was in the works. The idea seemed promising, and a majority of fans were excited to revisit the wizarding world once more. In 2016, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a play written by Jack Thorne, based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Thorne, was released. Its reception amongst fans was pretty divisive, ranging from amusement to disappointment, and even with many actively rejecting it from the mainline series’ canon.