Okay, this was a challenge I decided to take part in. Read and tell me what you think!

Scenario: J.K. Rowling has decided that her books are being seriously undermined. From now on, all Harry Potter fan fiction, RPGs and any other form of blatant plagiarism is completely and utterly banned from being published on any online system. Furious, the readers (and writers) of both the Harry Potter book series and the fan fiction derived from it gather together outside the famed authors house for a peaceful protest. A stage is set up, and selected readers/writers are called upon to tell J.K exactly WHY what she has done is going to have such a harmful impact on our communities.
Task: You are one of the selected readers/writers. Write your speech for the protest. Remember----we want J.K. to rescind the ban on HP fan fiction/RPG forums. Make it serious or humorous - just CONVINCE HER!!!!

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Ms. Rowling? If I may, I would like to have a few words with you. Are you listening carefully? ...Good.

As we both know, you have forbade anyone from writing or reading fan fiction. Now I, being the sensible person that I am, understand your choice completely and think that you have all the rights to do so. However, unlike me, many of your fanatics (yes, fanatics) are not all that sensible. In fact, they're down right delusional!

The world you've created has somehow overloaded their tiny, impressionable minds. The results, you ask? Well, Ms. Rowling, they actually believe Harry's world to be real. And I mean real.

I bet you're thinking 'So what if they think it real? It matters not to me! As long as I keep writing, they still have their little world to live in, right?' Wrong, Ms. Rowling.

As I said before, they believe it all to be real. Do you not know what that means?! *insert sigh* I'll explain it to you then.

As you are well aware of by now, the real world does not have the same mechanics as the styles of a book. The people who live in this world are free to express their opinion and do as they wish. Now, you are wondering what this has to do with fan fiction, am I right?

Well, picture this, you are madly in love with a man named Dray. You swoon over him night and day, hoping that he will notice you, but he doesn't! He doesn't, Ms. Rowling! You try with all your might to win his affection, only to be thwarted by a pug faced girl named Marigold.

Now, you know this...this...retched flower is all wrong for your man Dray. But for some unknown reason, he is in love with her. There is no explanation for it...or is there?

You see, Ms. Rowling, it is Dray's fate to love Marigold. A fate that is unchangeable and unjust. Yet, you know he would be much better off loving you. But it is not his destiny; it is not part of his life's plan.

Confusing? Well, it shouldn't be! Don't you see the connection yet?! *insert sigh* Dray is Draco and Marigold is Pansy. And you, Ms. Rowling, are a crazed Harry Potter fan that believes all of this to be true!

Do you understand yet? You see, by letting these fanatics write fan fiction, you are giving them what they want. You are making it possible for Dray to leave Marigold and fall in love with someone else. You aren't controlling the fate of these people anymore. Love is possible, wrongs can become rights, miseries can become joyful! Only you have the power to make it all happen.

So what do you say? Are you going to let that sweet fifteen year old girl down in Tucson become heartbroken over something so petty?

Only you, Ms. Rowling, can help this girl. Only you. So what's it gonna be?

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Well, there you have it! I'll post more Harry Potter challenges as they come up. Please review and tell me what you think!

-Madam Midnight-