Harry Helpline...
Harry Helpline
A HELPLINE for distressed fans of the popular Harry Potter series is being set up because two characters will be killed off in the final instalment.
"This could be a similar moment to when (pop band) Take That split up - there could be a lot of upset teenagers out there,'' Debbie Williams, a buyer for the book chain Waterstone's, told Britain's The Daily Telegraph today.
"We are looking to set up a helpline for them.''
Waterstone's predicts half a million copies will fly off the shelves when the seventh and final edition of British author JK Rowling's hugely successful Harry Potter series - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - becomes available on July 21.
Rowling has said she is poised to kill off two characters in the final instalment and many fans fear that Harry, in his last year at Hogwarts school, will be one of the victims.
The Harry Potter books have sold 325 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 64 languages, as well as being converted into a successful film franchise starring Daniel Radcliffe.
The books have made Rowling an estimated $US1 billion ($A1.29 billion).
The fifth movie in the series is due for release about one week before the final book is released.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
I cracked up when I read this, until I realized that I'm probably going to have to call this helpline. Seriously. I wept like a little bitch after reading the last three books.... And that was even after the second and third time I read them... And I was in a funk for days after. It's gonna be tough... I really hope everything comes out alright for Team Potter. :P