The Ending Options

[missputitinpark]

i felt that the ending was rather abrupt.. not the epilogue, but the end of the chapter which precedes it. i thought that the epilogue, although a little cheesy, was well done overall, and i didn't find myself wondering more about any of the other characters. i was, however, disappointed by the end of the preceding chapter, which ends with harry going up to the dormitory with ron and hermione, saying that he has had "enough trouble for a lifetime." i felt that the end would have been more powerful if there was another chapter, maybe a day or a week or a month later, in which harry gets a chance to reflect upon everything that has happened. maybe there would be a funeral or two to help us understand the magnitude of the losses. maybe we could see more of percy's reunion with the rest of the weasley's, and their mourning for fred. i'm not complaining at all about the book, i thought it was amazing, i was just wondering if anyone else agrees that an extra chapter like that might have been nice. after an entire lifetime of fighting voldemort in one way or another, followed by a year of being on the run, and finally a near-death experience and battle with voldemort, you'd think that harry would need some time to reflect and sort out his thoughts. i just wish that we could have been part of that. also, i was a little disappointed with the way harry treated ginny, basically ignoring her at the end of the book. i know that he had to distance himself from her during the book for her own good, but it would have been nice to see a moment between them before we see them married in the epilogue.

sorry so long-winded, just some thoughts... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[myohmyitstara]

i felt that the ending was rather abrupt.. not the epilogue, but the end of the chapter which precedes it. i thought that the epilogue, although a little cheesy, was well done overall, and i didn't find myself wondering more about any of the other characters. i was, however, disappointed by the end of the preceding chapter, which ends with harry going up to the dormitory with ron and hermione, saying that he has had "enough trouble for a lifetime." i felt that the end would have been more powerful if there was another chapter, maybe a day or a week or a month later, in which harry gets a chance to reflect upon everything that has happened. maybe there would be a funeral or two to help us understand the magnitude of the losses. maybe we could see more of percy's reunion with the rest of the weasley's, and their mourning for fred. i'm not complaining at all about the book, i thought it was amazing, i was just wondering if anyone else agrees that an extra chapter like that might have been nice. after an entire lifetime of fighting voldemort in one way or another, followed by a year of being on the run, and finally a near-death experience and battle with voldemort, you'd think that harry would need some time to reflect and sort out his thoughts. i just wish that we could have been part of that. also, i was a little disappointed with the way harry treated ginny, basically ignoring her at the end of the book. i know that he had to distance himself from her during the book for her own good, but it would have been nice to see a moment between them before we see them married in the epilogue.

sorry so long-winded, just some thoughts... :P

yes i would have really enjoyed another chapter too. it would have been good to see some more of "the calm after the storm" even in the end in which harry ron and hermoine go off together..they were still handling unfinished business with dumbledore. i think it would have been good to see some normal stuff maybe at the burrow and maybe some more thoughts from harry. i want to know exactly how he felt. or even the three in the gryffindor common room. now taht i think about the ending was very rushed. and about ginny i think that wouold have been a great ending:
ron and hermoine and then ginny and harry sitting together in the gryffindor common room..and talking. that kind of ending would have satisfied me...

This post has been edited by myohmyitstara: Jul 27 2007, 11:55 AM

[Hermione@13]

Well, I have to agree with you, but I didn't really expect Jo to do something like that. I would've truly loved it, but Jo doesn't seem like the romantic type of writer.

[Witherwings]

Well, I have to agree with you, but I didn't really expect Jo to do something like that. I would've truly loved it, but Jo doesn't seem like the romantic type of writer.

True, but she seems like the type to give Harry a final rest and yet show him to be a nervous father and to center the epilogue on Harry and his son Albus. He is a role model to Albus that he, himself, never had. I think it's a very touching ending.

This post has been edited by Witherwings: Jul 27 2007, 09:38 PM

[myohmyitstara]

i didn't mean for JKR to give a particularly romantic ending...but kind of like the one in HBP....the 4-some just being at peace i think..but i think for me the gryffindor common room was one of the starting places for harry's story and i saw it fit for the end ( not the epilogue) to take place there. i really love the full circle thing however cheesy it maybe.

[Witherwings]

i didn't mean for JKR to give a particularly romantic ending...but kind of like the one in HBP....the 4-some just being at peace i think..but i think for me the gryffindor common room was one of the starting places for harry's story and i saw it fit for the end ( not the epilogue) to take place there. i really love the full circle thing however cheesy it maybe.

Eh, that's a fine idea for an ending, but I don't think it would have mattered where the book ended, so long as the characters were away from the noise. Harry is away from the crowds in books four-six.

[myohmyitstara]

Eh, that's a fine idea for an ending, but I don't think it would have mattered where the book ended, so long as the characters were away from the noise. Harry is away from the crowds in books four-six.

yeah and that says a lot about harry to me. he never was an attention-seeker as so many wrongfully judged..( snape.draco.the prophet.etc.) he does enjoy the quiet life and company of a few close friends...and he was simply thrust into fame..or should i say "born" into it. so yeah as i say JKR has done a beautiful job and i am most definitely not complaining...just making comments. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Nossist]

Yeah I agree she doesnt do much after the final battle. Its like so many questions and she could've written so much more.
I was particularly thinking about where Harry would live after the book, obviously he doesnt get married with Ginny straight away so where does he live? I was thinking the Burrow but i'd doubt he would feel comfortable living there for so long.
So many un-answered questions, and I dont think that the encyclopedia will answer those questions to the extent of a story, or a few extra chapters at the end of DH.

[Harry0415]

Yeah I agree she doesnt do much after the final battle. Its like so many questions and she could've written so much more.
I was particularly thinking about where Harry would live after the book, obviously he doesnt get married with Ginny straight away so where does he live? I was thinking the Burrow but i'd doubt he would feel comfortable living there for so long.
So many un-answered questions, and I dont think that the encyclopedia will answer those questions to the extent of a story, or a few extra chapters at the end of DH.

I agree, after that Epilogue I was left with heaps of questions, what happened to the other characters, what happens to Hagrid,Mcgonagall etc. Although there was an interview just yesterday and she said she would be writing for ever if she were to ever try and answer all the questions of Harry Potter.

[Witherwings]

I agree, after that Epilogue I was left with heaps of questions, what happened to the other characters, what happens to Hagrid,Mcgonagall etc. Although there was an interview just yesterday and she said she would be writing for ever if she were to ever try and answer all the questions of Harry Potter.

Hagrid is mentioned in the epilogue. Harry's and Ron's children are invited for tea by Hagrid.

[Herry]

yes i would have really enjoyed another chapter too. it would have been good to see some more of "the calm after the storm" even in the end in which harry ron and hermoine go off together..they were still handling unfinished business with dumbledore. i think it would have been good to see some normal stuff maybe at the burrow and maybe some more thoughts from harry. i want to know exactly how he felt. or even the three in the gryffindor common room. now taht i think about the ending was very rushed. and about ginny i think that wouold have been a great ending:
ron and hermoine and then ginny and harry sitting together in the gryffindor common room..and talking. that kind of ending would have satisfied me...

I'm totally agree about "the calm after the storm" thing, I'd really love that too.. But JK Rowling was the type who ends her story right after climax, if you know what i mean.. I think all of HP book from 1-7 ended the same way.. Maybe that's her secret, we were left hanging for something more so we became addicted to it..
Totally Genius (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laughing.gif) -> he2 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) -> good one.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) -> yeah.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy.gif) -> wait.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) -> hmm.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) -> huh.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) -> darn.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) -> what the.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ouch.gif) -> sobs.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/crying.gif) -> I want more.. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/weeping.gif)

This post has been edited by Herry: Jul 30 2007, 02:30 AM

[chris_1988]

The one's I'd love to know what happened to are the Dursley's. Just when you think that their relationship is not doomed, suddenly you never hear from them again...very sad.

[albusseverus]

Yeah I agree she doesnt do much after the final battle. Its like so many questions and she could've written so much more.
I was particularly thinking about where Harry would live after the book, obviously he doesnt get married with Ginny straight away so where does he live? I was thinking the Burrow but i'd doubt he would feel comfortable living there for so long.
So many un-answered questions, and I dont think that the encyclopedia will answer those questions to the extent of a story, or a few extra chapters at the end of DH.

I imagined Harry returning to number 12 Grimmauld Place to live with his new friend Kreacher.

[tonkytonks]

I agree, the ending was too quick. The final battle and the celebration afterwards felt very hurried and rushed. However, I did enjoy the epilogue, although even that I felt could've been longer just because I'm cheesy that way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Hermione@13]

Well, she did say she wanted the epilogue to seem like you're looking through the fog or something like that. I forgot the exact quote.

This post has been edited by Hermione@12: Jul 30 2007, 07:13 PM

[Dijares]

JKR actually stated that her original epilogue was quite long, but she felt it was too much. I truly think she wanted to leave some clues for us. She said she'd leave room for fanfic/theories.

[Hermione@13]

She definitely did! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I just hope that other authors don't publish Harry. LOL, that sounded weird. Hmmm...don't you sometimes feel that you wish the characters were real?

[Hermy]

I must say, I did not like the epilogue whatsoever when I first read (or devoured, lol) the book. I thought then that ending it at the conclusion of the last chapter, with the "he'd had enough excitement for one lifetime" (or some such quote) line would have been best, since it's most similar to how all of the other books ended and the rest of Harry's life could have been whatever the reader imagined it to be. Also, turning the page from the end of the Battle of Hogwarts and suddenly landing on the platform 19 years later seeing these kids you know and love all grown up with kids of their own was quite jarring to me. But, that said, having had some time to think and reflect on everything, I think it's grown on me. It took a bit for me to accept that Harry grew up, silly as that may sound, and I sort of had to fill in the pieces of the intervening years in my mind -- i.e. he and Ginny dating and marrying, Ron and Hermione's wedding (in my mind they got married first, and Harry proposed to Ginny right around the time of their wedding), all becoming new parents together, and so on and so forth. Now I really enjoy the peacefulness of the epilogue.

[snowhite-queen]

erm.
it's not about what any of us expects, or about what's mean because it traumatizes - it's about the way it works according to the story [at least i hope so!] !
he might have chosen to die when he had the choice at king's cross because of the deathly hallows- but he didn't, and i think because it's in his personality; finishing his job. yes, somehow it feels like he must die - but still, he's a teenager before all, isn't he ?
that doesn't mean i don't agree a little...i think the epilogue is too corny, the pairings too 'obvious' and too simple... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Roxxy]

I imagined Harry returning to number 12 Grimmauld Place to live with his new friend Kreacher.

I have wondered about this myself.. would he (Potter) have returned to live in his Godfathers home, and if so how would the residence have changed in any way from it's dark roots.

It does not seem that 12 Grimmauld Place would ever be a 'home' or welcoming to anyone no matter how much Kreacher cleaned up. I don't know what I think would have become of 12 Grimmauld Place maybe it would be cleaned up and kept as a shrine to Sirius and the Order of the Pheonix and those that died. I suppose it could also be used as some sort of 'business residence' for the extended family.

In my mind I imagine Harry wanting to live and raise a family in a homely environment similar to what the Weasley's and later on their son and Fleur had.

This post has been edited by Roxxy: Aug 18 2007, 07:42 AM