Coming late to the party, but I think there's still plenty of fun to be had here.
As with many things, I'm of two minds (probably several minds, actually) about canon issues. As a fanfic writer, I've been devoted to only two fandoms -- HP and Star Trek: Voyager. With HP, although I read the books as they came out (starting with OoP), I didn't actually join fandom until 2008. So I never had the disappointment of seeing new canon upend a preferred theory of mine. I did have that experience with VOY, though, as the characterization became more erratic with each new season, and hoped-for plot lines didn't develop. But in a lot of ways, the weaker canon got, the better it was for fandom: there was so much to fix and redo, so many opportunities for fanficcers. So I guess I don't really mind either situation -- new canon or no new canon, just as long as people stick around the fandom.
That's sort of how I feel about Pottermore, too. Otoh, I am disappointed by the various backstories JKR has provided: shallow, stereotypical, heteronormative. Otoh, the PM stories have given me a lot to play with as a writer. I really enjoy finding ways to incorporate new canon into my head canon. I always prefer to make my characters as canon as possible at the same time that I make them my own, and it's a fun challenge to try to bring my own canon and official canon into sync. (Of course, I'm also happy just to ignore PM when it suits me. And book canon, too, if I want.)
In RL as well as fandom, I am a person who sticks with things -- jobs, friends, TV shows, book series, etc -- usually to the bitter end, often long after they have ceased to be good. So I'll be in HP in one form or another forever, I suppose. Same with VOY. That fandom died a quick death after official canon ended, but I still poke around in it from time to time.
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As with many things, I'm of two minds (probably several minds, actually) about canon issues. As a fanfic writer, I've been devoted to only two fandoms -- HP and Star Trek: Voyager. With HP, although I read the books as they came out (starting with OoP), I didn't actually join fandom until 2008. So I never had the disappointment of seeing new canon upend a preferred theory of mine. I did have that experience with VOY, though, as the characterization became more erratic with each new season, and hoped-for plot lines didn't develop. But in a lot of ways, the weaker canon got, the better it was for fandom: there was so much to fix and redo, so many opportunities for fanficcers. So I guess I don't really mind either situation -- new canon or no new canon, just as long as people stick around the fandom.
That's sort of how I feel about Pottermore, too. Otoh, I am disappointed by the various backstories JKR has provided: shallow, stereotypical, heteronormative. Otoh, the PM stories have given me a lot to play with as a writer. I really enjoy finding ways to incorporate new canon into my head canon. I always prefer to make my characters as canon as possible at the same time that I make them my own, and it's a fun challenge to try to bring my own canon and official canon into sync. (Of course, I'm also happy just to ignore PM when it suits me. And book canon, too, if I want.)
In RL as well as fandom, I am a person who sticks with things -- jobs, friends, TV shows, book series, etc -- usually to the bitter end, often long after they have ceased to be good. So I'll be in HP in one form or another forever, I suppose. Same with VOY. That fandom died a quick death after official canon ended, but I still poke around in it from time to time.