AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I'M LATE TO THIS

SO LATE

But here goes anyways:

Bringing back Voldemort just feels lazy and boring. We spent a whole seven books with Voldemort. It needs something new, or a different drive, and honestly the entire part of the plot makes no sense. Also, I think it tries to redeem Snape more, which I have a bit of a problem with, because Neville's parents were literally tortured, and he was pushed out of a window which could have killed him, but what does he fear most of all? His teacher, who have been approchable and supportive, but instead bullies him.

We see Rose maybe three times. He and Rose don't really have any chemistry, and he's also VERY into Albus, who I think they tried to throw at Delphi, although that didn't really work out very well.

Personally, I really hate what happens to Albus, but that does mean that it has emotional depth, so that's cool. But come on! LEAVE. HARRY. POTTER. ALONE. The poor guy has been through so much. Let him have a happily ever after with his family.

One last thing: J. K. Rowling has tweeted that Albus/Scorpius is canon, but it's never actually put into the play as if it was.

Who thought that Harry Potter needed an addition anyway? The last chapter of the seventh book was all you got. THE END. Everything was wrapped up and people were happy! Adding the Cursed Child was completely unnecessary! While Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a better addition to the world of Harry Potter, I honestly don't think that it was needed either.

I read the book version of the play awhile ago. I hardly remember the plot, but I knew it was horrible. Reading the book was like trudging through mud. Three things stuck out to me the most! 

1. The sweet cart lady, I thought it was kind of cool to see her. I mean, she was mean and didn't stop them from leaving the train, but it was cool to see what sort of meassures were taken to make sure the students couldn't sneak off board. 

2. Voldemort had a child! I mean, it makes no sense at all.

3. Also! Polyjuice potion! In the book they show that polyjuice potion takes forever to make! In the play, Delphi just whips the potion up like it's no big deal. I have no idea why this matters to me so much... I just thought it made no sense at all! What so ever. 

And that's all! I think this play was poorly written and doesn't even tie in with the original books well.  

While I was still looking into the Cursed Child, I watched a video that provided a summary of why it is so distasteful. (Butheynotwithoutcharm)

While I haven't watched the video in a good while, I'll try to explain its point in my own words.

The Harry Potter books are mysteries, disguised as fantasies. They each center around a mystery, and getting clues--The mystery of what was inside the room the dog was guarding, the mystery of the prisoner and who he was, the mystery of the Heir of Slytherin and the Chamber of Secrets, the mystery of Voldemort himself... The Horcruxes...

The Cursed Child is not a mystery; it is a time travel book, disguised as a Harry Potter book.

^ And THAT is basically what he said. I have this more to say, in my own observations.

The Trolley Witch seems to be a charming addition to the Harry Potter universe. People liked the twist. People found it funny. Fans also liked Draco's ponytail. Unrelated, but fans also liked Scorpius because HOW COULD YOU NOT. 

Back to what I just said. Fans and readers liked these changes. They prove that there can be a middle ground that is good. You can change the Harry Potter universe in a good way, without ignoring previous canon (I'm sorry but DID YOU NOT READ THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN). There is a good way to do this!

...Wait. Did I just mention Prisoner of Azkaban? Oh yes. I did. Let's talk about that a bit.

Prisoner of Azkaban established that, in the Harry Potter universe, there is only one timeline. While at the beginning of this part of the Prisoner of Azkaban, we do think that Harry & Hermoine are rescuing the previously dead Buckbeak and Sirius, we later learn that they had never died--Harry and Hermoine had already saved them.

Cursed Child blatantly ignores all of this, creating a tangle of timelines. Are they each interesting concepts? Yes. Should they exist outside of fanfiction? Absolutely not. Then how, how did this happen? How did they allow such a huge mistake, that completely DEFIES CANON, to take place in a VERY PRODUCED, THREE-WRITER, large manuscript, THAT INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF THE SERIES? HOW. HOW DID THEY LET THIS HAPPEN.

*Ahem* The point is. The Cursed Child may have its charms. The characters are even pretty nice, in my opinion (except why must they treat you this way Rose)! However, the major oversights the book made are utterly...just...ugh...I can't... I can't. I'd rather Illegal Heathers. I'd rather so many other things... I just... can't. 

*tea slurp*

I kind of felt like they developed Albus and Scorpius's relationship in a less platonic way, and then at the last second...we see Rose, who we've barely talked about, which is a complete shame, btw, Scorpius definitely has feeling for her.

Also I'm pretty sure that JK tweeted it was canon. But JK tweets many, many things.