Was anybody else disappointed by the epilogue? It was corny, uninformative, and just the line "All was well" kind of peeved me off. I mean, the book was my favorite in the series, but from voldy's death (which to me seemed to hollywood-ish,) and on, I was kind of disappointed.

And the names of the kids...Gag me

It was kinda predicted. So I was able to hang on. Really, we all knew an ending was going to be mushy like that after we learned Harry still lived.

It was a bit mushy, but when you read back, pretty much all Harry Potter books and other books like it, the endings are often lovey dovey so as not to upset anyone. :D

I didn't like the third book in general that much.

Gladstone wrote: I didn't like the third book in general that much.

...okay but what does that have to do with Harry Potter ending?

(I think he's getting the number of books in different series confused...)

XD!

Yeah, that was wierd. I meant seventh.

I was wondering...third book is the general favorite among fans. well, it was before through the 6th, I dont know about now, I dont keep up with it anymore.

But still, it could have been less mushy. The books were getting darker and darker, and I liked it. But then at the end, she just had to pull out a happily ever after and shove it in the "Harry dies in the 7th book" advocates. (Which I never believed in, but hoped for. I guess I was partially wrong)

For some odd reason, the sixth was my least favorite.

The sixth book was pure fanfiction.

The seventh book read a little like Rowling, but was fanfiction in plot.

wrote: It was corny, uninformative, and just the line "All was well" kind of peeved me off.

It's uninformative because JK wanted, lost the quote...something along the lines of "leave it to our imagination" or some crap like that.

The epilogue is total crap to the infinitive power, but for every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. Even Ginny was useful, she produced Albus. (And right after the epilogue I firmly believe she is destined to be hit by a muggle who was drinking and driving in the parking lot. At the station. :D)

And JK totally made a typo. She meant to say "AS/S was well."

If *I* can look at the bright side of things, so can you. :P

Always look on the bright side of life. *starts whistling*

The bright side is that the series is over, and I can once again be free. I was so addicted to those books. I didn't reread them a billion times (only like...3 times. :D) And i didnt sit there all day looking for clues and making up theories. But I certainly read those theories, and chose which ones I believed in, and about 75% of the time I was right. (I took a divination test before the 7th book came out, and graded how well I did afterwards)

But yea. Addiction is bad. No more HP for me! Im clean.

Life's a piece of cabbage, when you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

Nice one Rubberchickenben.

The epilogue is not crap & nor is the last line of the book! Have u'll read a mugglenet editorial titled "All was well" (which also happens to be the title of this topic)? It's awesome & exactly depicts the meaning of the so called 'corny' sentence. Just please read it & then make up ur mind.

For people who don't want to waste their time searching for the editorial section, here are the directions.
1. Go to mugglenet.com
2. On the left hand side of the page u have columns.
3. In one such column (directly under discussions), u have the World Famous
Editorials.
4. Scroll down till u find the word Editorials typed big.
5. The 5th one is the one u ought to read.

The above deals with the last sentence. Now for the epilogue.

There is seriously nothing wrong with it! Harry & co now deserve a happy secure life & that's what they got. JK Rowling wishes to show that people who do good, live happily. Harry wanted a family 7 he got it. Seriously speaking, how would u'll have liked the book to end?
1. Did u want Voldermort to be reborn (or some other evil dark wizard) or make the trio face another adventure? Now that would have been to fantastic to be true & excessively dumb.
2. Did u want everyone to still mourn the dead & thus waste their sacrifices?
3. Did u want the book to end the moment Harry leaves Dumbledore's office? Now, that would have made everyone mad cause we would all have liked to know what happened later.
4. Don't tell me u'll wanted Harry dead, cause he does'nt deserve it & it sends out a bad message to youngsters. Nathaniel was bad & needless to say had done evil things in his time, so his death is justified. Plus, we do see Dobby, Fred, Lupin etc die, is'nt that enough?

So please do tell me why u'll don't like the epilogue. I know it seems a sugary end to a dark series, but honestly, there is nothing mushy about it guys! Harry is just leading a NORMAL life with it's trivial problems (for a change). We all lead such lives, so tell me, do u find ur lives sugary???

nathanielandbartimaeus wrote: Nice one Rubberchickenben.

It's lyrics from Monty Python's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, from their film Life of Brian (go watch it, it's awesome).

Maybe he was saying nice one as in good application of awesomesauce? :D

Sentynel wrote:

nathanielandbartimaeus wrote: Nice one Rubberchickenben.

It's lyrics from Monty Python's Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, from their film Life of Brian (go watch it, it's awesome).

Life of Brian, here I come!
And rubberchickenben it's she not he.
Anyway, no one answered my question........................

Patience, child. Some of us have school you know.

wrote:1. Did u want Voldermort to be reborn (or some other evil dark wizard) or make the trio face another adventure? Now that would have been to fantastic to be true & excessively dumb.

What does epilogue bashing have to do with wanting Voldy to be alive again? If a dark person should die, they should stay dead, I agree. On the other hand, Harry resurrecting was also pretty stupid. (Although, if it's Bella resurrecting, I personally wouldn't mind at all. :wub:)

wrote:2. Did u want everyone to still mourn the dead & thus waste their sacrifices?

No. I just didn't like the cliched big happy ending family; WAY too exaggerated. And Ginny becomes a quidditch star...okay...admittedly she was supposed to be described as 'good,' but not a natural or anything like Harry. I mean, wtf? Oh wait, I'm supposed to be inspired that I can do anything, right? Does that mean me, a barely under five foot female have a chance at joining the Spurs basketball team? *Yay.*

And the 'ministry revolution.' Like the government becomes insta-utopia overnight? Can you really imagine Harry or Ron being politicians?

Yeah, I'm probably rambling, but meh. Point is, I don't advocate all the characters becoming wrist slitting emos. But this is an equally worse extreme.

wrote:3. Did u want the book to end the moment Harry leaves Dumbledore's office? Now, that would have made everyone mad cause we would all have liked to know what happened later.

I'm not protesting that there is an epilogue. I just don't like its contents. (Except for the AS/S of course.)

wrote:4. Don't tell me u'll wanted Harry dead, cause he does'nt deserve it & it sends out a bad message to youngsters. Nathaniel was bad & needless to say had done evil things in his time, so his death is justified. Plus, we do see Dobby, Fred, Lupin etc die, is'nt that enough?

There's lots of people out there who don't deserve to die, but do. Don't kid yourself. And technically Harry did die, but came back to life cuz of a cop out, so there. And most the deaths were mindless safety characters. Sirius's death was pretty sad. Bella's death was pretty sad too (though, to be honest, I felt mostly rage there. Of all the friggin' people to kill her, MOLLY. I wanted to die right there and then. And Bella's my fav character too. :()

wrote:Nathaniel was bad & needless to say had done evil things in his time, so his death is justified.

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RABID FANGIRLS UNITE! :P

wrote: So please do tell me why u'll don't like the epilogue. I know it seems a sugary end to a dark series, but honestly, there is nothing mushy about it guys! Harry is just leading a NORMAL life with it's trivial problems (for a change). We all lead such lives, so tell me, do u find ur lives sugary???

Not 100% of the time. Let's see...my mom's got multiple health problems. A friend of mine has a mom who's a drug addict. I have an acquaintance who's had to endure being molested when she was young. Not to say life doesn't have trivial problems, it's loaded with them, but are you *sure* everyone you've at least laid eyes on in your life has such a rosy life?

And the mugglenet rated as a "meh" for me.

Yo, sorry N&B. Male is the default gender for me, unless it's obvious from a sig or somesuch.

Mwamba wrote:

wrote:Nathaniel was bad & needless to say had done evil things in his time, so his death is justified.

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RABID FANGIRLS UNITE! :P


And the mugglenet rated as a "meh" for me.

I'M WITH YOU SISTER!!!!

I missed the questions, but I share Mwamba's sentiments.

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wrote: So please do tell me why u'll don't like the epilogue. I know it seems a sugary end to a dark series, but honestly, there is nothing mushy about it guys! Harry is just leading a NORMAL life with it's trivial problems (for a change). We all lead such lives, so tell me, do u find ur lives sugary???

Not 100% of the time. Let's see...my mom's got multiple health problems. A friend of mine has a mom who's a drug addict. I have an acquaintance who's had to endure being molested when she was young. Not to say life doesn't have trivial problems, it's loaded with them, but are you *sure* everyone you've at least laid eyes on in your life has such a rosy life?

First of all, I've read fanfiction with better prose than that epilogue. For a world famous author, with several awards, you'd expect a better ending that "All was well"

In this genre, good endings are supposed to purge the reader of emotion, create cartharsis, or whatever. When people finished BT, they felt like crying. Personally HP left me with such an "Ok....good for you, now what?" feeling. It's like it was building up to be something so great and then just spluttered and died.

And it's true, I also have a sick parent, I also know people who can tell you life isn't always as great as HP makes it sound. Just because you're a good person and you try to save the world, doesn't mean you'll be successful and well-liked.

I mostly agree with everyone. In real life, the good people die, the bad still somehow live. Most of the time. Sometimes, they die. Haven't you seen the Green Mile?
I like that Harry's in a normal life. It just seems too...perfect.